Association between drink driving and severity of crash injuries to road users

Hong Kong Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 34-39

  Tsui, K L ^c   Sze, N N ^a   So, F L ^c   Wong, S C ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Alcohol drinking; Automobile driving; Ethanol; Traffic accidents; Wounds and injuries

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRIVER; DRUNKEN DRIVING; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HONG KONG; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLICE; PREDICTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 75749091182     PISSN: 10249079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/102490791001700106     Document Type: Article

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