Trends in alcohol-related traffic risk behaviors among college students

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1472-1478

  Beck, Kenneth H ^a   Kasperski, Sarah J ^a   Caldeira, Kimberly M ^a   Vincent, Kathryn B ^a   O'Grady, Kevin E ^b   Arria, Amelia M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c TREATMENT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol Impaired Driving; College Students; Epidemiology; Longitudinal Study; Young Adults

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; COLLEGE STUDENT; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUNKENNESS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954920574     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2010.01232.x     Document Type: Article

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