Impact of lowering the legal blood alcohol concentration limit to 0.03 on male, female and teenage drivers involved alcohol-related crashes in Japan

International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 181-187

  Desapriya, E ^a   Pike, I ^a   Subzwari, S ^a   Scime, G ^a   Shimizu, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b NARA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adult and teenage drivers; Alcohol related crashes; Deterrence theory; Enforcement of traffic laws; Legal blood alcohol concentration limit; Strict penalties

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CAR; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; JAPAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; STANDARD; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AUTOMOBILES; ETHANOL; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY;

EID: 38449119568     PISSN: 17457300     EISSN: 17457319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17457300701440634     Document Type: Article

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