The effectiveness of a 0.05 blood alcohol concentration (BAC) limit for driving in the United States

Addiction

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 869-874

  Fell, James C ^a   Voas, Robert B ^a  

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

Author keywords

Alcohol impairment; Blood alcohol concentration; Crash risk; Driving performance; Illegal bac limit

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; BLOOD; CAR DRIVING; HUMAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; ETHANOL; HUMANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84899840867     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/add.12365     Document Type: Article

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