Alcohol use in relation to driving records among injured bicyclists

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 583-587

  Li, Guohua ^a,b   Shahpar, Cyrus ^a   Soderstrom, Carl A ^c   Baker, Susan P ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Bicycling; Driving; Injury; Intoxication; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; BICYCLING; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARYLAND; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0034219266     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-4575(99)00089-5     Document Type: Article

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