Drink driving and traffic accidents in young people

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 805-814

  Horwood, L John ^a   Fergusson, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Drink driving; Driver behaviours; Longitudinal study; Traffic accidents

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NEW ZEALAND; RISK; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; NEW ZEALAND; RISK;

EID: 0034326329     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-4575(00)00005-1     Document Type: Article

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