The effects of introducing or lowering legal per se blood alcohol limits for driving: An international review

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 569-583

  Mann, Robert E ^a,b   Macdonald, Scott ^a   Stoduto, Gina ^a   Bondy, Susan ^b,c   Jonah, Brian ^d   Shaikh, Abdul ^a,b  

^a CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^d TRANSPORT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alcohol drinking; Blood alcohol concentration; Drivers; Evaluation; Impaired driving; Per se law

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CENTRAL DEPRESSANT AGENT;

ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD; CANADA; CAR DRIVING; EUROPE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LEGAL ASPECT; REFERENCE VALUE; REVIEW; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; AUSTRALIA; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CANADA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; ETHANOL; EUROPE; HUMANS; JAPAN; REFERENCE VALUES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035437890     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-4575(00)00077-4     Document Type: Article

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