Alcohol and driver fatalities in Israel: An examination of the current problem

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 725-729

  Jaffe, Dena H ^a   Savitsky, Bella ^a   Zaistev, Konstantin ^b   Hiss, Jehuda ^b   Peleg, Kobi ^a,c  

^a GERTNER INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH   (Israel)

^b National Center of Forensic Medicine   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Blood alcohol; Concentration; Driver; Fatality; Motor vehicles; Road traffic crashes

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMPHETAMINE; BENZODIAZEPINE; CANNABIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75449106982     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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