Estimating driver risk using alcohol biomarkers, interlock blood alcohol concentration tests and psychometric assessments: Initial descriptives

Addiction

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 226-239

  Marques, Paul ^a   Tippetts, Scott ^a   Allen, John ^a   Javors, Martin ^b   Alling, Christer ^c   Yegles, Michel ^d   Pragst, Fritz ^e   Wurst, Friedrich ^f  

^a PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EVALUATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

^e HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Assessment; Biomarkers; Driver; DUI; Ignition interlock; Phosphatidyl ethanol (PETH)

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARBOHYDRATE DEFICIENT TRANSFERRIN; CARBOHYDRATE-DEFICIENT TRANSFERRIN; CENTRAL DEPRESSANT AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCEROPHOSPHOLIPID; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOL; TRANSFERRIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CANADA; CAR DRIVING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGED; ALBERTA; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; ETHANOL; FEMALE; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCEROPHOSPHOLIPIDS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 74249123871     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2009.02738.x     Document Type: Article

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