Open AccessALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION;
Author(s) -
Nasim Ilyas,
Kashif Rahim,
Saleem Murtaza,
Sidrah Nadeem
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
the professional medical journal/the professional medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2071-7733
pISSN - 1024-8919
DOI - 10.29309/tpmj/2013.20.05.1218
Subject(s) - medicine , alcohol consumption , environmental health , epidemiology , alcohol , consumption (sociology) , rural population , population , rural area , demography , pathology , social science , biochemistry , chemistry , sociology
Objective: To assess the epidemiology of Alcohol consumption in Tehsil Hassan Abdal, district Attock, Punjab, Pakistan.Material and Method: The Medico legal cases record from 2009 – 2011 were studied for alcohol cases at Civil Hospital Hassan Abdal.Results: In the selected medico legal cases alcohol consumption was surprisingly reported only in male gender. Conclusion: Theinvolvement of younger males in alcohol consumption was found to be predominant. The trend of alcohol consumption was noted amongboth urban as well as rural population, with more urban cases as compared to rural.