Prevalence of alcohol-impaired drivers based on random breath tests in a roadside survey in Catalonia (Spain)

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 65, Issue , 2014, Pages 131-141

  Alcañiz, Manuela ^a   Guillén, Montserrat ^a   Santolino, Miguel ^a   Sánchez Moscona, Daniel ^a   Llatje, Oscar ^b   Ramon, Lluís ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Catalan Traffic Authority   (Spain)

Author keywords

Blood alcohol concentration; Breath alcohol content; Drunk driving; Sampling analysis; Substance abuse; Weights

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONTENTS; BLOOD-ALCOHOL CONCENTRATION; DRUNK DRIVING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; WEIGHTS;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS;

SURVEYS;

ALCOHOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BREATH ALCOHOL CONTENT; BREATH ANALYSIS; CAR DRIVING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUNK DRIVING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SAMPLING ANALYSIS; SPAIN; STATISTICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; WEIGHTS; YOUNG ADULT;

BLOOD ALCOHOL CONCENTRATION; BREATH ALCOHOL CONTENT; DRUNK DRIVING; SAMPLING ANALYSIS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; WEIGHTS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; BREATH TESTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892716714     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2013.12.021     Document Type: Article

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