Reducing the legal blood alcohol concentration limit for driving in developing countries: A time for change? Results and implications derived from a time-series analysis (2001-10) conducted in Brazil

Addiction

Volumn 106, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2124-2131

  Andreuccetti, Gabriel ^a,b   Carvalho, Heraclito B ^a   Cherpitel, Cheryl J ^b   Ye, Yu ^b   Ponce, Julio C ^a   Kahn, Tulio ^c   Leyton, Vilma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b ALCOHOL RESEARCH GROUP   (United States)

^c Public Security Office   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Drink driving; Enforcement; Fatalities; Injuries; Law; Road traffic.

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRAZIL; CAR DRIVING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EVALUATION; HEALTH; HUMAN; INJURY; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LEGAL ASPECT; MORTALITY; POLICE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; TRADE UNION; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; BRAZIL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ETHANOL; HUMANS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POLICE; STRIKES, EMPLOYEE; TIME FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 80455164600     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2011.03521.x     Document Type: Article

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