Drink driving in Hong Kong: The competing effects of random breath testing and alcohol tax reductions

Addiction

Volumn 108, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1217-1228

  Kim, Jean H ^a   Wong, Alvin H ^a   Goggins, William B ^a   Lau, Joseph ^a   Griffiths, Sian M ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Accidents; Binge drinking; China; Drink driving; Epidemiology; Injury; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; BINGE DRINKING; BREATH ANALYSIS; CAR DRIVING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TAX; YOUNG ADULT; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; LEGAL ASPECT; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; BINGE DRINKING; BREATH TESTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; TAXES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878952702     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/add.12116     Document Type: Article

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