Relation between alcohol consumption and traffic violations and accidents in the region of Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo State

Forensic Science International

Volumn 207, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 164-169

  Pereira, Rafael Eduardo ^a   Perdoná, Gleici da Silva Castro ^a   Zini, Lucila Costa ^a   Cury, Maria Bernadete Schieber ^b   Ruzzene, Maria Angela Martins ^a   Martin, Carmen Cinira Santos ^a   Martinis, Bruno Spinosa De ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Nucleo de Pericias Medico Legais de Ribeirao Preto   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alcoholic beverages; Blood alcohol concentration; Traffic occurrences

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUNKEN DRIVING; FATALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OFFENDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; TRAFFIC; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC OFFENSE; VICTIM;

EID: 79953066931     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2010.09.021     Document Type: Article

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