New Study on Alcohol-Related Traffic Risk Behaviors Among College Students
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November 11, 2010
Alcohol-impaired driving and related crashes are a major public health problem. Research shows that approximately 25 percent of college students report that they have driven while intoxicated in the past month, and an even higher percentage report having driven after having any amount of alcohol and/or ridden with an intoxicated driver. A new study finds that prevalence and frequency of alcohol-related traffic risk behaviors significantly increase when college students turn 21 years old.
Results will be published in the August 2010 issue of Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research.
A summary of the study can be viewed on ScienceDaily at www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/05/100531190857.htm.
Trends in Alcohol-Related Traffic Risk Behaviors Among College Students. Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research, August 2010.