Proportion of injured drivers presenting to a tertiary care emergency department who engage in future impaired driving activities

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 35-42

  Purssell, Roy ^a   Brown, Douglas ^a   Brubacher, Jeffery R ^a   Wilson, Jean ^b   Fang, Ming ^b   Schulzer, Michael ^c   Mak, Edwin ^c   Abu Laban, Riyad B ^a   Simons, Richard ^c   Walker, Tristan ^c  

^a VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b Insurance Corporation of British Columbia   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Impaired driving; Traffic crashes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CANADA; CAR DRIVING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; LEGAL ASPECT; LICENSING; MALE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CANADA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LICENSURE; MALE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 76449092217     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389580903419125     Document Type: Article

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