ALCOHOL AND THE IMPAIRED DRIVER: A MANUAL ON THE MEDICOLEGAL ASPECTS OF CHEMICAL TESTS FOR INTOXICATION

THIS A REVISION OF A MANUAL ENTITLED 'CHEMICAL TESTS FOR INTOXICATION', PUBLISHED IN 1959. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED INCLUDE: ALCOHOL AND TRAFFIC SAFETY, ACUTE ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION, PHARMACOLOGY AND TOXICOLGY OF ALCOHOL, EFFECT OF ALCOHOL ON THE NERVOUS SYSTEM, EFFECT OF ALCOHOL ON DRIVING ABILITY, CHEMICAL TESTS FOR DETERMINATION OF ETHYL ALCOHOL, MEASURES FOR CONTROL OF DRINKING DRIVERS, MEDICOLEGAL ASPECTS OF ALCOHOL AND TRAFFIC SAFETY, AND CONSTITUTIONAL ASPECTS OF CHEMICAL-TEST EVIDENCE. AN APPENDIX CONSISTS OF A MODEL PROGRAM FOR CONTROL OF ALCOHOL FOR TRAFFIC SAFETY. AN EXTENSIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY IS INCLUDED. /AUTHOR/

• Corporate Authors:

  American Medical Association

  Committee On Medicolegal Problems
  ,   United States 
• Publication Date: 1968

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alcohol tests; Alcoholism; Alcohols; Chemical tests; Driver performance; Drivers; Drunk drivers; Drunk driving; Legal factors; Medicine; Neurology; Personnel performance; Traffic safety
• Subject Areas: Highways; Law; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00222971
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: 234 pp
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 4 1994 12:00AM