Why don't northern American solutions to drinking and driving work in southern America?

Addiction

Volumn 107, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1201-1206

  Pechansky, Flavio ^a,b   Chandran, Aruna ^c  

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

^b HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; BAC; Cross cultural exchange; Deterrence; Drunk driving; Enforcement; Law; Technology transfer; Traffic

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; BREATH ANALYSIS; CAR DRIVING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LEGAL ASPECT; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ALCOHOL DRINKING; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; BRAZIL; BREATH TESTS; HUMANS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 84861951769     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2011.03731.x     Document Type: Article

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