Language, income, education, and alcohol-related fatal motor vehicle crashes

Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 119-137

  Romano, Eduardo O ^a   Tippetts, A Scott ^a   Voas, Robert B ^a  

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

Author keywords

Acculturation; Drinking and driving; Education; FARS; Income; Language

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION; FATALITY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCOME; LANGUAGE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ACCULTURATION; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CALIFORNIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33746785571     PISSN: 15332640     EISSN: 15332659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J233v05n02_07     Document Type: Article

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