Preventing impaired driving opportunities and problems

Alcohol Research and Health

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 225-235

  Voas, Robert B ^a   Fell, James C ^a  

^a PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EVALUATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcoholrelated crash; Alcoholrelated fatal crash; Alcoholrelated injury prevention; Blood alcohol content; Drinkinganddriving laws; Driving under the influence; Driving while intoxicated; Impaired driving; Impaireddriving laws; Law enforcement; Prevention; Problematic alcohol use; Roadside sobriety checkpoint; Traffic accident

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECTS; ALCOHOLISM; BREATH ANALYSIS; CAR DRIVING; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; BREATH TESTS; HUMANS;

EID: 83455163705     PISSN: 15357414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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