Alcohol and the Driver

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 255, Issue 4, 1986, Pages 522-527

 

^a AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; CAR DRIVING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DRIVER; EDUCATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SHORT SURVEY; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEGISLATION; MALE; MORTALITY; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0023055841     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1986.03370040096031     Document Type: Article

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