Relationship between traffic fatalities and drunk driving in Japan

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 325-327

  Fujita, Yuki ^a   Shibata, Akira ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Accident; Alcohol; Japan; Motorcar; Seat Belt; Speed

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTAL DEATH; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUNKEN DRIVING; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MOTOR VEHICLE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEATBELT; TIME; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY; VELOCITY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ALCOHOL DRINKING; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33751179872     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389580600789135     Document Type: Article

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