[Blood alcohol in automobile drivers--a comparison between Saarland and West Saxony].

Blood alcohol in automobile drivers: measurement and interpretation for medicolegal purposes. I. Effect of time interval between incident and sample acquisition.

بررسی میزان غلظت سرب و کادمیوم در خون افسران راهنمایی و رانندگی و رانندگان تاکسی شهر اراک

Background and purpose: In the past century, concerns about the harmful effects of lead, cadmium and other toxic agents has been increasing emitted from automobile exhaust on human health. The present study investigated the concentrations of lead-cadmium in blood of traffic officers and taxi drivers in Arak, Iran, in experimental group compared to a control group. Materials and methods: The su...

Alcohol and Drug Use in Injured Drivers - An Emergency Room Study in a Regional Tertiary Care Centre of North West India.

BACKGROUND Statistics show an increasing proportion of alcohol and drug use in drivers in more recent times throughout the world. It has been found that among the various human factors, alcohol consumption, using drugs and subsequent driving on the roads are major risk factors. Traffic regulations in India penalises drivers who drive beyond permissible alcohol limit of 30 mg%. Consumption of ps...

Lower legal blood alcohol limits for young drivers.

To reduce the involvement of young drivers in alcohol-related crashes, 29 States and the District of Columbia have established lower legal blood alcohol limits for drivers younger than age 21 than for adult drivers. Of these, 12 lowered the legal limit for young people prior to 1991. To assess the impact, these 12 States were paired for comparison with 12 nearby States matched for legal drinkin...

Alcohol-impaired drivers involved in fatal crashes, by gender and state, 2007-2008.

This Research Note emphasizes recent trends in the number of alcohol-impaired drivers involved in fatal crashes, by the gender of the driver as well as the State where the fatal crash occurred. This analysis was performed in light of recent data1 from the Federal Bureau of Investigation that depicted a recent increasing trend in the number of female drivers arrested for driving under the influe...