The association between social determinants and drunken driving: A 15-year register-based study of 81,125 suspects

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 721-728

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

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c Finnish Foundation for Alcohol Studies   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DIVORCE; DRUNKEN DRIVING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BACKGROUND; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 80054923084     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: 14643502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agr075     Document Type: Article

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