TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1998//
TI  - Illicit alcohol (moonshine) consumption in West Alabama revisited
JO  - Southern medical journal
A1  - Ellis, T.
A1  - Lacy, R.
SP  - 858
EP  - 860
VL  - 91
IS  - 9
N2  - BACKGROUND: Lacy and Wintemitz in 1984 and Pegues in 1991 showed the presence of moonshine-related lead poisoning in Alabama. METHODS: This study was a 10-year follow-up to the Lacy and Wintemitz study and used a similar inpatient retrospective chart review methodology. We looked at cases occurring between 1989 and 1992, which were positive for either a history of moonshine consumption or lead intoxication and cases suspicious for the diagnoses, based on the Lacy and Wintemitz epidemiologic parameters. RESULTS: A declining, yet continuing, presence of moonshine-related lead intoxication still exists in west Alabama. CONCLUSIONS: The findings suggest the current at-risk patients may continue to be middle-aged to elderly men from rural settings. Furthermore, appropriate screening tests were not always ordered, which suggests a possible lack of awareness of the disorder by care givers.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0038-4348
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -