Effects of different blood alcohol concentrations and post-alcohol impairment on driving behavior and task performance

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 334-341

  Liu, Yung Ching ^a   Ho, Chin Heng ^a  

^a NATIONAL YUNLIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Blood alcohol concentration (BAC); Driving simulator; Drunk driving behavior; NASA TLX; Postalcohol effect

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CAR DRIVING; COGNITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; COGNITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955956160     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389581003747522     Document Type: Article

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