The influence of the age and sex distributions of drivers on the reduction of impaired crashes: Ontario, 1974-1999

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 33-37

  Macdonald, Scott ^a  

^a Centre for Addiction/Mental Health   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age Standardization; Drinking and Driving; Impaired Crashes; Trend Data

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CANADA; CAR DRIVING; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRIVER; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LAW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEX RATIO; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0037343269     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389580309859     Document Type: Article

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