The Underestimated Drink Driving Situation and the Effects of Zero Tolerance Laws in China

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 429-434

  Wang, Zhaoxin ^a,b   Zhang, Yin ^c   Zhou, Ping ^c   Shi, Jingyu ^b   Wang, Yanbo ^b   Liu, Rui ^b   Jiang, Chenghua ^b  

^a Yangpu District Central Hospital affiliated to Tongji University School of Medicine   (China)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; drink driving; zero tolerance law

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAR DRIVING; CHINA; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84923623910     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389588.2014.951719     Document Type: Article

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