Predictors of positive blood alcohol concentration (BAC) in a sample of Brazilian drivers;Preditores de alcoolemia positiva em uma amostra de motoristas brasileiros

Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 277-285

  Pechansky, Flavio ^a   Duarte, Paulina do Carmo Arruda Vieira ^b   De Boni, Raquel ^a   Leukefeld, Carl G ^c   von Diemen, Lisia ^a   Bumaguin, Daniela Benzano ^a   Kreische, Fernanda ^a   Hilgert, Juliana Balbinot ^d   Bozzetti, Mary Clarisse ^d   Fuchs, Daniel Fernando Paludo ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^b Secretaria Nacional de Politicas sobre Drogas Brazilian Secretariat for Drug Policies   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Alcohol; DUI; Epidemiology; Traffic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BINGE DRINKING; BRAZIL; BREATH ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRIVER; DRUNKEN DRIVING; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERVIEW; MALE; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84871414851     PISSN: 15164446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbp.2012.06.002     Document Type: Article

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