A perverse effect of lowering the threshold blood alcohol content

Applied Economics Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 869-871

  Guy Cox, Richard ^a  

^a AMERICAN EXPRESS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; BLOOD; LEGISLATION; SAFETY; SOCIAL POLICY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33749661951     PISSN: 13504851     EISSN: 14664291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504850500425428     Document Type: Article

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