Did changes in minimum age drinking laws affect adolescent drowning (1970-90)?

Injury Prevention

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 288-291

  Howland, Jonathan ^a   Birckmayer, Johanna ^b   Hemenway, David ^c   Cote, Jennifer ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DROWNING; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MORTALITY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; DROWNING; HUMANS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032253936     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.4.4.288     Document Type: Article

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