Understanding the knowledge and attitudes of commercial drivers in Ghana regarding alcohol impaired driving

Injury Prevention

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 53-56

  Asiamah, G ^a   Mock, Charles ^b,c   Blantari, J ^a  

^a Ghana Police Hospital   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAR DRIVING; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; GHANA; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; FOCUS GROUPS; GHANA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0036516359     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.8.1.53     Document Type: Article

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