Alcoholic Intoxication - Prevention & control
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Effectiveness of multicomponent programs with community mobilization for reducing alcohol-impaired driving.

29 Sep 2009 A systematic review was conducted to determine the effectiveness and economic efficiency of multicomponent programs with community mobilization for reducing alcohol-impaired driving. The review was conducted for the Guide to Community Preventive ... Read more...

Driving after binge drinking.

29 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND: Although binge drinking is strongly associated with alcohol-impaired driving, little is known about the prevalence of or risk factors for driving after binge drinking. PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to assess the prevalence of, ... Read more...

Effectiveness of mandatory alcohol testing programs in reducing alcohol involvement in fatal motor carrier crashes.

17 Aug 2009 Mandatory alcohol testing programs for motor carrier drivers were implemented in the United States in 1995 and have not been adequately evaluated. Using data from the Fatality Analysis Reporting System during 1982-2006, the authors assessed the ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Alcoholic Intoxication - Prevention & control'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Effectiveness of multicomponent programs with community mobilization for reducing alcohol-impaired driving. 29 Sep 2009
• Driving after binge drinking. 29 Sep 2009
• Effectiveness of mandatory alcohol testing programs in reducing alcohol involvement in fatal motor carrier crashes. 17 Aug 2009
• Screening and brief interventions for hazardous alcohol use in accident and emergency departments: a randomised controlled trial protocol. Jul 2009
• Binge drinking among youths and young adults in the United States: 1979-2006. 29 Jun 2009
• Youth binge drinking: progress made and remaining challenges. 29 Jun 2009
• Screening for high-risk drinking in a college student health center: characterizing students based on quantity, frequency, and harms. 29 Jun 2009
• NIAAA's rapid response to college drinking problems initiative: reinforcing the use of evidence-based approaches in college alcohol prevention. 29 Jun 2009
• Alcohol poisoning among college students turning 21: do they recognize the symptoms and how do they help? 29 Jun 2009
• Evaluating a comprehensive campus-community prevention intervention to reduce alcohol-related problems in a college population. 29 Jun 2009
• Substance use as a predictor of driving under the influence (DUI) rearrests. a 15-year retrospective study. 30 May 2009
• Intoxication is not always visible: an unrecognized prevention challenge. 26 May 2009
• [Acute alcohol intoxication in adolescents: preliminary results of a pilot project in Munich] 10 May 2009
• Binge drinking in childhood and adolescence: epidemiology, consequences, and interventions. 6 May 2009
• DUI recidivism: an ongoing traffic safety concern. 29 Apr 2009
• Preventing unsafe alcohol consumption on the 21st birthday: roles for nurses. 29 Apr 2009
• Drinking on the dirt roads of America: NACCHO's Impaired Driving Prevention in Rural Communities demonstration site project. 29 Apr 2009
• Teens and alcohol don't mix. 29 Apr 2009
• A night to remember: a harm-reduction birthday card intervention reduces high-risk drinking during 21st birthday celebrations. 29 Apr 2009
• [Measuring blood alcohol concentration on the road as a tool for early identification of subjects with alcohol-related problems] 27 Feb 2009

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Technical information about 'Alcoholic Intoxication'

Definition: An acute brain syndrome which results from the excessive ingestion of ETHANOL or ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES.

Descriptor UI: D000435

Alternative terms: Alcoholic Intoxication; Intoxication, Alcoholic; Drunkenness; Drunkennesses;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C21.739.100.175; F03.900.100.300;

Technical Notes: human & animal