Ignition Interlock Laws: Effects on Fatal Motor Vehicle Crashes, 1982–2013

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 417-423

  McGinty, Emma E ^a   Tung, Gregory ^b   Shulman Laniel, Juliana ^a   Hardy, Rose ^b   Rutkow, Lainie ^a   Frattaroli, Shannon ^a   Vernick, Jon S ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Colorado State University and the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health at the Colorado School of Public Health   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; DRIVER; DRUNKEN DRIVING; FATALITY; HUMAN; IGNITION INTERLOCK; LAW; MOTOR VEHICLE; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; OFFENDER; RECIDIVISM; SENSOR; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MORTALITY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; TRENDS; UTILIZATION;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE; HUMANS; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85008517745     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: 18732607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2016.10.043     Document Type: Article

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