Drinking status and fatal crashes: Which drinkers contribute most to the problem?

Journal of Studies on Alcohol

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 722-729

  Voas, Robert B ^a   Romano, Eduardo ^a   Tippetts, A Scott ^a   Furr Holden, C Debra M ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUNKEN DRIVING; FATALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 33746686927     PISSN: 0096882X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15288/jsa.2006.67.722     Document Type: Article

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