Awareness of legal blood alcohol concentration limits amongst respondents of a national roadside survey for alcohol and traffic behaviours in Brazil

International Journal of Drug Policy

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 166-168

  da Conceição, Tatiana Valverde ^a   De Boni, Raquel ^a   Duarte, Paulina do Carmo Arruda Vieira ^b   Pechansky, Flávio ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b Ministry of Justice   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Awareness; BAC; Behaviour; Roadside; Traffic

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BRAZIL; BREATH ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUNKEN DRIVING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MALE; POLICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; PUNISHMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; BRAZIL; BREATH TESTS; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84857797205     PISSN: 09553959     EISSN: 18734758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2011.10.002     Document Type: Article

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