High mortality among people suspected of drunk-driving. An 18-year register-based follow-up

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 110, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 80-84

  Impinen, Antti ^a   Mäkelä, Pia ^a   Karjalainen, Karoliina ^a   Rahkonen, Ossi ^b   Lintonen, Tomi ^c,d   Lillsunde, Pirjo ^a   Ostamo, Aini ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c Poliisiammattikorkeakoulu   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Alcohol drinking; Driving under the influence; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUNKEN DRIVING; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; BREATH TESTS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; ETHANOL; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 77953723511     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2010.02.007     Document Type: Article

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