Traffic Crashes and Alcohol Outlets in a Brazilian State Capital

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 86-91

  de Boni, Raquel ^a   Cruz, Oswaldo G ^b   Weber, Eliseu ^a   Hasenack, Heinrich ^a   Lucatelli, Lucio ^a   Duarte, Paulina ^c   Gracie, Renata ^b   Pechansky, Flavio ^a   Bastos, Francisco I ^b  

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

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c Brazilian National Secretariat for Policies on Drugs   (Brazil)

Author keywords

alcohol availability; alcohol outlets; generalized additive model (GAM); low and middle income countries; traffic accidents

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; BRAZIL; COMMERCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871916853     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389588.2012.690164     Document Type: Article

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