Long-term change in underage drinking and impaired driving after the establishment of drinking age laws in New York State

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1443-1449

  Yu, Jiang ^a   Shacket, Robin W ^a  

^a New York State Office of Alcoholism   (United States)

Author keywords

Drinking Age Law; Impaired Driving; Underage Drinking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; DRUNKEN DRIVING; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LEGAL ASPECT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURCHASING; SELF REPORT; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEW YORK;

EID: 0031759871     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1998.tb03933.x     Document Type: Article

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