Drinking histories of fatally injured drivers

Injury Prevention

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 221-226

  Baker, Susan P ^a   Braver, E R ^b   Chen, L H ^a   Li, G ^a,c   Williams, A F ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Insurance Institute for Highway Safety ^*  (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

AGE; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CAR DRIVING; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; COHORT STUDIES; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036720224     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.8.3.221     Document Type: Article

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