Traffic Safety and the DriverExamines deaths, injuries, and property damage from traffic crashes. Evans (research scientist, General Motors Research Labs, Warren, Michigan) applies the methods of science to illuminate the characteristics of these problems--their origin and nature as well as their severity. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
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... Drinking and driving by women . American Association for Automotive Medicine , 30th Annual Proceedings , Montreal ... drinking among drunken drivers . Journal of the American Medical Association 200 : 114–120 ; 1967 . Waller , J.A. On ...
... Drinking and driving by women . American Association for Automotive Medicine , 30th Annual Proceedings , Montreal ... drinking among drunken drivers . Journal of the American Medical Association 200 : 114–120 ; 1967 . Waller , J.A. On ...
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... drinking in the beer shop . For will not the words of thy report repeated slip oft from thy mouth without thy knowing that thou hast uttered them ? Falling down thy limbs will be broken , and no one will give thee a hand to help thee up ...
... drinking in the beer shop . For will not the words of thy report repeated slip oft from thy mouth without thy knowing that thou hast uttered them ? Falling down thy limbs will be broken , and no one will give thee a hand to help thee up ...
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... drinks provide approximately equal amounts of alcohol , and , if consumed within similar time periods , produce fairly similar pharmacological effects . Content in the Human Body - Blood Alcohol Concentration ( BAC ) After consumption ...
... drinks provide approximately equal amounts of alcohol , and , if consumed within similar time periods , produce fairly similar pharmacological effects . Content in the Human Body - Blood Alcohol Concentration ( BAC ) After consumption ...
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... drinking on an empty stomach increases the rate of onset of intoxication is well founded . When alcohol is taken with a heavy meal , up to six hours may be required for complete absorption [ Wallgren and Barry 1970 ] . The greater the ...
... drinking on an empty stomach increases the rate of onset of intoxication is well founded . When alcohol is taken with a heavy meal , up to six hours may be required for complete absorption [ Wallgren and Barry 1970 ] . The greater the ...
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... drinking has ended . While the pattern in Fig . 7-1 provides a good generalization , Dubowski [ 1985 ] stresses that ... drinks consumed and body weight can do no more than give a rough indication . Devices that attempt to measure BAC ...
... drinking has ended . While the pattern in Fig . 7-1 provides a good generalization , Dubowski [ 1985 ] stresses that ... drinks consumed and body weight can do no more than give a rough indication . Devices that attempt to measure BAC ...
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