Effects of Legal BAC Limits on Fatal Crash Involvement: Analyses of 28 States from 1976 through 2002

Journal of Safety Research

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 493-499

  Wagenaar, Alexander C ^a   Maldonado Molina, Mildred M ^a   Ma, Linan ^a   Tobler, Amy L ^a   Komro, Kelli A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; ARIMA time series; Automobile crashes; BAC limits; Policy evaluation

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; ESTIMATION; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ARIMA TIME SERIES; AUTOMOBILE CRASHES; BAC LIMITS; INVERSE VARIANCE WEIGHTING METHODS; POLICY EVALUATION; STATE VARIABILITY;

LAWS AND LEGISLATION;

ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EMPLOYMENT; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ALCOHOL DRINKING; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; EMPLOYMENT; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); STATE GOVERNMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36148996856     PISSN: 00224375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2007.06.001     Document Type: Article

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