Alcohol is the main factor in excess traffic accident fatalities in France

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1833-1839

  Reynaud, Michel ^a   Le Breton, Patrick ^a   Gilot, Bertrand ^a   Vervialle, Françoise ^a   Falissard, Bruno ^a  

^a HÔPITAL PAUL BROUSSE   (France)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Epidemiology; Mortality; Road Traffic Accident

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; DRIVER; DRUNKEN DRIVING; FATALITY; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; MALE; METEOROLOGY; NIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 12244267093     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2002.tb02490.x     Document Type: Article

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