Why drivers start drinking and driving-a prospective study over a 6-year period in the GAZEL cohort

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 729-733

  Constant, Aymery ^a,b   Encrenaz, Gaelle ^a   Zins, Marie ^c   Lafont, Sylviane ^d,e   Chiron, Mireille ^d,e   Lagarde, Emmanuel ^a   Messiah, Antoine ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b EHESP SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (France)

^c CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN EPIDEMIOLOGY AND POPULATION HEALTH   (France)

^d University Lyon   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRIVER; DRUNKEN DRIVING; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PENSIONER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; ATTITUDE; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK-TAKING; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 80054889629     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: 14643502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agr126     Document Type: Article

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