Prevalence of Indications of Alcohol and Drug Use Among Patients Treated For Injurious Falls by Emergency Medical Services in the USA.

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• Alternative Title:
  Injury Prevention : Journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention, September 2026: Prevalence of Indications of Alcohol and Drug Use Among Patients Treated For Injurious Falls by Emergency Medical Services in the USA.
• Journal Article:
  Injury Prevention : Journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention
• Personal Author:
  Itzkowitz, Nicole G. ; Burford, Kathryn G. ; Crowe, Remle P. ; Wang, Henry E. ; Lo, Alexander X. ; Rundle, Andrew G.
• Description:
  The association between alcohol consumption and increased injuries from falls is well established, but there is a lack of data on the prevalence of substance use by fall type. This study aims to describe the distribution of alcohol and drug involvement in injurious falls.
• Content Notes:
  Author manuscript
• Subjects:
  • Alcohol Drinking
  • Accidental Falls
  • Substance-Related Disorders
• Source:
  Injury Prevention : Journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention, September 2026
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.1136/ip-2024-045447
• ISSN:
  1353-8047 ; 1475-5785
• Pubmed ID:
  39746777
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC12213992
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  R01 AA028552/AA/NIAAA NIH HHSUnited States/ ; R49 CE003094/CE/NCIPC CDC HHSUnited States/ ; T32 ES007322/ES/NIEHS NIH HHSUnited States/
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Pages in Document:
  772-779 (21 pdf pages)
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/261812/cdc_261812_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 194.23 KB]
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:aeff109628564d6681def8a3e859f5169fd7ac9b2d45f8b9be479559b644da45b26a9cf5579c81fd08f3915a60a3950f76ec20ddbe7dfebddbe4c43520689228