Drinking and driving among high-risk young Mexican-American men

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 16-21

  Fiorentino, Dary D ^a   Berger, Dale E ^a   Ramirez, Juan R ^a  

^a CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol consumption; Cultural differences; DUI; High risk; Hispanic; Mexican American

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ALCOHOLS; AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; HISPANIC; MASCULINITY; MEXICAN AMERICAN;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

ADULT; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAR DRIVING; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ACCULTURATION; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CULTURE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MEN; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK-TAKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750378147     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2006.05.013     Document Type: Article

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