The relative risk of involvement in fatal crashes as a function of race/ethnicity and blood alcohol concentration

Journal of Safety Research

Volumn 48, Issue , 2014, Pages 95-101

  Torres, Pedro ^a   Romano, Eduardo ^b   Voas, Robert B ^b   De La Rosa, Mario ^c   Lacey, John H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EVALUATION   (United States)

^c FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol related crashes; BAC; Crash risk; Drinking and driving; Race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL-RELATED CRASHES; BAC; CRASH RISK; DRINKING AND DRIVING; RACE/ETHNICITY;

BLOOD; RISK PERCEPTION;

ACCIDENTS;

BAC;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL-RELATED CRASHES; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CAR DRIVING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CRASH RISK; DRINKING AND DRIVING; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RACE/ETHNICITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TIME; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ALCOHOL-RELATED CRASHES; BAC; CRASH RISK; DRINKING AND DRIVING; RACE/ETHNICITY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK-TAKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893033090     PISSN: 00224375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2013.12.005     Document Type: Article

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