Sobriety tests for low blood alcohol concentrations

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 305-311

  McKnight, A James ^a   Langston, Elizabeth A ^a   McKnight, A Scott ^a   Lange, James E ^a  

^a PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EVALUATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol enforcement; Alcohol impairment; Sobriety tests

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OPTOKINETIC NYSTAGMUS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; NYSTAGMUS, PHYSIOLOGIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036558115     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-4575(01)00027-6     Document Type: Article

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