Random alcohol testing reduced alcohol-involved fatal crashes of drivers of large trucks

Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 634-640

  Snowden, Cecelia B ^a   Miller, Ted R ^a   Waehrer, Geetha M ^a   Spicer, Rebecca S ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUNKEN DRIVING; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LABORATORY TEST; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEDICAL RECORD; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 34548798859     PISSN: 19371888     EISSN: 19384114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15288/jsad.2007.68.634     Document Type: Article

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