Crash culpability and the role of driver blood alcohol levels

Annual Proceedings - Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 91-106

  Kufera, Joseph A ^a   Soderstrom, Carl A ^a   Dischinger, Patricia C ^a   Ho, Shiu M ^a   Shepard, Angela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD ALCOHOL CONCENTRATION (BAC); CRASH CAUSATION; RISK-TAKING; WOMEN DRIVERS;

ALCOHOLS; AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; AUTOMOBILE SEAT BELTS; BLOOD; GROUND VEHICLES; HOSPITAL DATA PROCESSING; PROBABILITY;

CRASHWORTHINESS;

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CAR DRIVING; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; DATABASES AS TOPIC; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARYLAND; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33845262276     PISSN: 15400360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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