Blood alcohol concentration in fatal traffic accidents in the Federal District, Brazil;Alcoolemia em vítimas fatais de acidentes de trânsito no Distrito Federal, Brasil

Revista de Saude Publica

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 350-352

  dos Santos Modelli, Manoel Eugenio ^a,c   Pratesi, Riccardo ^b   Tauil, Pedro Luiz ^b  

^a Instituto de Medicina Legal   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^c UnB ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Accidents; Alcohol drinking; External causes; Mortality; Risk factors; Traffic

Indexed keywords

EID: 42449143796     PISSN: 00348910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0034-89102008005000012     Document Type: Article

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