The joint association of average volume of alcohol and binge drinking with hazardous driving behaviour and traffic crashes

Addiction

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 749-757

  Valencia Martín, José Lorenzo ^a,b,c,d   Galán, Iñaki ^c   Rodríguez Artalejo, Fernando ^a,b  

^a CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c Madrid Primary Care Service   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO ARAGONÉS DE CIENCIAS DE LA SALUD   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alcohol impaired driving; Binge drinking; Helmet; Seat belt; Traffic crashes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUNKEN DRIVING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPAIN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TELEPHONE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CHILD; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SPAIN;

EID: 42149100047     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2008.02165.x     Document Type: Article

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