Impaired driving and motor vehicle crashes among Swedish youth: An investigation into drivers' sociodemographic characteristics

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 605-611

  Vaez, M ^a   Laflamme, L ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Impaired driving; Motor vehicle crash; Sociodemographic patterning

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; BLOOD; CRASHWORTHINESS; ROADS AND STREETS; STATISTICAL METHODS; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

IMPAIRED DRIVING; MOTOR VEHICLE CRASH; MOTOR VEHICLES; SOCIO DEMOGRAPHIC PATTERNING;

VEHICLES;

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; COMORBIDITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SWEDEN; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CAUSALITY; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SWEDEN; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 19944377815     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2005.03.001     Document Type: Article

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