The Drink Driving Situation in Nigeria

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 115-119

  Ogazi, Chidi ^a   Edison, Ema ^a  

^a Raitas Communications   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Alcohol consumption; Drinking and driving; Enforcement; Institutional capacity; Legislation; Nigeria

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; NIGERIA; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ALCOHOL DRINKING; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; NIGERIA; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84859603998     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389588.2011.645097     Document Type: Article

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