Can progress in reducing alcohol-impaired driving fatalities be resumed? Results of a workshop sponsored by the Transportation Research Board, Alcohol, Other Drugs, and Transportation Committee (ANB50)

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 771-781

  Fell, James C ^a   Beirness, Douglas J ^b   Voas, Robert B ^c   Smith, Gordon S ^d   Jonah, Brian ^e   Maxwell, Jane Carlisle ^f   Price, Jana ^g   Hedlund, James ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction   (Canada)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Canadian Association of Road Safety Professionals ^*  (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^g NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD   (United States)

Author keywords

0.05 BAC limit; alcohol ignition interlocks; Alcohol impaired driving; sobriety checkpoints

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; BLOOD; CAR DRIVING; DEVICES; DRUNKEN DRIVING; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MORTALITY; MOTOR VEHICLE; POLICY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TAX; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE; ETHANOL; HUMANS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MOTOR VEHICLES; POLICY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; TAXES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84986224322     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389588.2016.1157592     Document Type: Article

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