Alcohol and fatal accidents in the United States-A time series analysis for 1950-2002

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1273-1281

  Ramstedt, Mats ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Accident mortality; Population drinking; Time series analyses; United States

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; ESTIMATION; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; MICROFLUIDICS; MOTORS; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VEHICLES;

ACCIDENT RATES; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; BLOOD-ALCOHOL CONCENTRATION; BOX-JENKINS (BJ); ELSEVIER (CO); FATAL ACCIDENTS; MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS; MOTOR VEHICLES; PER CAPITA; PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TIME SERIES; TRAFFIC DENSITIES; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CANADA; CULTURAL FACTOR; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALGORITHMS; CANADA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 46149084196     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2008.01.008     Document Type: Article

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