Evaluating the effectiveness of health promotion policy: Changes in the law on drinking and driving in California

Health Promotion International

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 130-135

  Campostrini, Stefano ^a   Holtzman, Deborah ^b   Mcqueen, David V ^b   Boaretto, Elisa ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c Emme and Erre Management and Research   (Italy)

Author keywords

Drinking and driving; Evaluting health promotion policy; Risk factors; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DRUNKEN DRIVING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; CALIFORNIA; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC POLICY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33744819729     PISSN: 09574824     EISSN: 14602245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapro/dak005     Document Type: Article

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