Driver's alcohol and passenger's death in motor vehicle crashes

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 219-223

  Ahlm, Kristin ^a   Eriksson, Anders ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Motor Vehicle Crashes; Passengers Fatalities; Traffic Crashes

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BREATH ANALYSIS; CHILD; DRIVER; DRUNKEN DRIVING; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; RESPONSIBILITY; SWEDEN; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY; VICTIM;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; BREATH TESTS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SWEDEN;

EID: 33749007144     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389580600727846     Document Type: Article

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