The role of heavy drinking in the risk of traffic fatalities

Risk Analysis

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 565-569

  Kennedy, Bruce P ^a   Isaac, Nancy E ^a   Graham, John D ^b  

^a Harvard Injury Control Research Center   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

alcohol intoxication; Drunk driving; injury; risk; traffic accidents

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; BEVERAGES; PATIENT TREATMENT; RISKS;

ALCOHOL INVOLVED FATALLY INJURED DRIVERS; BLOOD ALCOHOL CONCENTRATIONS; DRUNK DRIVING; HEAVY DRINKING; INJURY;

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUNKEN DRIVING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FATALITY; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 0030220316     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.1996.tb01101.x     Document Type: Article

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