An Evaluation of Immediate Roadside Prohibitions for Drinking Drivers in British Columbia: Findings from Roadside Surveys

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 228-233

  Beirness, Douglas J ^a   Beasley, Erin E ^a  

^a Beirness and Associates Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

administrative suspensions; impaired driving; roadside survey

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BREATH ANALYSIS; CANADA; CAR DRIVING; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGRAM EVALUATION; STATISTICS; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; BREATH TESTS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; DATA COLLECTION; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891306011     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389588.2013.813628     Document Type: Article

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