The impact of alcohol in pedestrian trauma

Trauma

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 64-75

  Dultz, Linda a ^a   Frangos, Spiros g ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

alcohol; motor vehicle collision; Pedestrian; trauma

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ALCOHOL METABOLISM; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BRAIN METABOLISM; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DRUNKEN DRIVING; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; MOTOR VEHICLE; PEDESTRIAN; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; REVIEW; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

EID: 84872105060     PISSN: 14604086     EISSN: 14770350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1460408612464019     Document Type: Article

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