Effectiveness of a law to reduce alcohol-impaired driving in Japan

Injury Prevention

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 19-23

  Nagata, T ^a,b   Setoguchi, S ^c   Hemenway, D ^a   Perry, M J ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BREATH ANALYSIS; CAR DRIVING; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MANAGEMENT; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; BREATH TESTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; POLICY MAKING; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 39449084630     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2007.015719     Document Type: Article

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