Trends in drink driving accidents and convictions in Denmark

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 395-403

  Bernhoft, Inger Marie ^a   Hels, Tove ^a   Hansen, Allan Steen ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Accidents; Convictions; Countermeasures; Drink Driving

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; DENMARK; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK-TAKING; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 53549110491     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389580802335158     Document Type: Article

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