Alcohol involvement in fatal crashes under three crash exposure measures

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 107-114

  Voas, Robert B ^a   Tippetts, A Scott ^a   Romano, Eduardo ^a   Fisher, Deborah A ^a   Kelley Baker, Tara ^a  

^a PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EVALUATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol related crashes; CIR; Program evaluation; RAIR; Traffic safety measures; VMT

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MANDATORY REPORTING; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANDATORY REPORTING; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34248512358     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389580601041403     Document Type: Article

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