Effectiveness of mandatory alcohol testing programs in reducing alcohol involvement in fatal motor carrier crashes

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 170, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 775-782

  Brady, Joanne E ^a   Baker, Susan P ^c   Dimaggio, Charles ^a,b   McCarthy, Melissa L ^d   Rebok, George W ^e   Li, Guohua ^a,b  

^a New York Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accidents, traffic; Alcohol drinking; Occupational health; Public policy; Research; Safety; Wounds and injuries

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ALCOHOL; DRINKING; RESEARCH PROGRAM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING; SOCIAL SECURITY; TOXIC MATERIAL; WOUNDING;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK REDUCTION; SURVIVAL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MANDATORY TESTING; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ODDS RATIO; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC POLICY; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 69949114463     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwp202     Document Type: Article

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