The alcohol interlock: An underutilized resource for predicting and controlling drunk drivers

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 188-194

  Marques, Paul R ^a   Tippetts, A Scott ^a   Voas, Robert B ^a  

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

Author keywords

Alcohol Dependence; Alcohol Ignition Interlock; Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC); Driving Under the Influence (DUI); Driving While Intoxicated (DWI); Prediction

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROL SYSTEM; DRIVER; DRUNKEN DRIVING; HUMAN; IGNITION INTERLOCK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTOR VEHICLE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; TECHNOLOGY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; ALCOHOLISM; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141761495     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389580309874     Document Type: Article

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