Low educational performance is associated with drunk driving: A 31-year follow-up of the Northern Finland 1966 Birth Cohort

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 219-223

  Riala, Kaisa ^b   Isohanni, Irene ^a   Jokelainen, Jari ^b   Taanila, Anja ^b   Isohanni, Matti ^b   Räsänen, Pirkko ^b  

^a OULU UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIME; DRUNKEN DRIVING; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECIDIVISM; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 0037957299     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agg079     Document Type: Article

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