Police Documentation of Alcohol Involvement in Hospitalized Injured Drivers

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 453-460

  Brubacher, Jeffrey Reynold ^a   Chan, Herbert ^a   Fang, Ming ^b   Brown, Doug ^a   Purssell, Roy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Insurance Corporation of British Columbia   (Canada)

Author keywords

alcohol; DUI; impaired driving; motor vehicle crashes; police

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CANADA; CAR DRIVING; DOCUMENTATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLICE; STATISTICS; TIME; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; BRITISH COLUMBIA; DOCUMENTATION; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLICE; TIME FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878783012     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389588.2012.725879     Document Type: Article

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