@article{ref1,
title="Alcohol as a risk factor for downhill skiing trauma",
journal="Journal of trauma",
year="1996",
author="Roine, R. and Sakki, A. and Saarelainen, P. and Pohjola, J. and Salminen, Simo",
volume="40",
number="2",
pages="284-287",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To assess the role of alcohol in downhill skiing injuries. DESIGN: Comparison of alcohol consumption habits and blood alcohol concentrations of injured skiers to those of randomly selected controls. MATERIALS AND METHODS: 121 injured skiers and 701 control subjects were interviewed and gave breath samples for the determination of blood alcohol concentration. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: Neither mean blood alcohol concentration nor the number of subjects with an intoxicating level of alcohol in blood (> 0.5 g/L; 2.9% of control subjects and 3.3% of the injured patients) differed significantly between the groups. Also, the severity of the injury and the blood alcohol concentration seemed to be independent of each other; all of the most severe traumas occurred in subjects with no detectable alcohol in blood. CONCLUSIONS: Alcohol does not seem to be a major etiological factor in skiing-related injuries.",
language="",
issn="0022-5282",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}