Enforcement of drunken driving laws in cases involving injured intoxicated drivers

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 66-72

  Runge, J W ^a   Pulliam, C L ^a   Carter, J M ^a   Thomason, M H ^a  

^a CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUNKEN DRIVING; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 0030048889     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-0644(96)70299-8     Document Type: Article

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