High prevalence of drink-driving in Thailand

Drug and Alcohol Review

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 293-298

  Chongsuvivatwong, Virasakdi ^a,d   Ritsmitchai, Skulrat ^a   Suriyawongpaisal, Paibul ^b   Chariyalertsak, Suwat ^c   Kosuwan, Weerachai ^b   Punyaratabandhu, Porapan ^b   Sutiwipakorn, Wiwat ^d  

^a PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

^d PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Blood alcohol; Logistic regression; Night drivers; Thailand; Traffic behaviours

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033466296     PISSN: 09595236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09595239996437     Document Type: Article

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