Drinking and driving among Mexican American and non-Hispanic white males in Long Beach, California

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 429-437

  Ferguson, Susan A ^a   Burns, Marcelline M ^b   Fiorentino, Dary ^b   Williams, Allan F ^a   Garcia, Juan ^b  

^a Insurance Institute for Highway Safety   (United States)

^b Southern California Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood alcohol concentration; California; Drinking and driving; Mexican American; Non Hispanic white

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAR DRIVING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRIME; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MEXICO; PRISONER; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CALIFORNIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CRIME; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICO; PRISONERS;

EID: 0036628646     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-4575(01)00038-0     Document Type: Article

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