Alcohol, illegal drugs, violent crime, and traffic-related and other unintended injuries in U.S. local and national news

Journal of Studies on Alcohol

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 904-910

  Slater, Michael D ^a   Long, Marilee ^a,b   Ford, Valerie L ^a,b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ILLICIT DRUG;

ACCIDENT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; CRIME; DATA ANALYSIS; FATALITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INJURY; MASS MEDIUM; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PUBLICATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; TELEVISION; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 33750108894     PISSN: 0096882X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15288/jsa.2006.67.904     Document Type: Article

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