ArticleAddiction (Abingdon, England)2011
Reducing the legal blood alcohol concentration limit for driving in developing countries: a time for change? Results and implications derived from a time-series analysis (2001-10) conducted in Brazil.
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- Road Traffic Injury Prevention Initiatives: A Systematic Review and Metasummary of Effectiveness in Low and Middle Income Countries.PloS one · 2016Pooled it
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- Did "Conduce Sin Alcohol" a Program that Monitors Breath Alcohol Concentration Limits for Driving in Mexico City Have an Effect on Traffic-Related Deaths?Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2020Article
- Prevalence and Factors Associated with Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol in Brazil: An Analysis by Macroregion.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Drink driving and speeding in Sao Paulo, Brazil: empirical cross-sectional study (2015-2018).BMJ open · 2019Observational
- Alcohol Use Disorder among Patients Suffered from Road Collisions in a Vietnamese Delta Province.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- Multisectoral Actions for Health: Challenges and Opportunities in Complex Policy Environments.International journal of health policy and management · 2017Article
- Alcohol-attributed disease burden and alcohol policies in the BRICS-countries during the years 1990-2013.Journal of global health · 2017Article
- Impact of a New Law to Reduce the Legal Blood Alcohol Concentration Limit - A Poisson Regression Analysis and Descriptive Approach.Journal of research in health sciences · 2017Article
- Regional disparities in road traffic injuries and their determinants in Brazil, 2013.International journal for equity in health · 2016Article
- A Ten year review of alcohol use and major trauma in a Canadian province: still a major problem.Journal of trauma management & outcomes · 2016Article
- Reduction in fatalities, ambulance calls, and hospital admissions for road trauma after implementation of new traffic laws.American journal of public health · 2014Article
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Abstract
aimsIn Brazil, a new law introduced in 2008 has lowered the blood alcohol concentration limit for drivers from 0.06 to 0.02, but the effectiveness in reducing traffic accidents remains uncertain. This study evaluated the effects of this enactment on road traffic injuries and fatalities.
designTime-series analysis using autoregressive integrated moving average (ARIMA) modelling.
settingState and capital of São Paulo, Brazil.
participantsA total of 1,471,087 non-fatal and 51,561 fatal road traffic accident cases in both regions. MEASUREMENTS: Monthly rates of traffic injuries and fatalities per 100,000 inhabitants from January 2001 to June 2010.
findingsThe new traffic law was responsible for significant reductions in traffic injury and fatality rates in both localities (P<0.05). A stronger effect was observed for traffic fatality (-7.2 and -16.0% in the average monthly rate in the State and capital, respectively) compared to traffic injury rates (-1.8 and -2.3% in the State and capital, respectively).
conclusionsLowering the blood alcohol concentration limit in Brazil had a greater impact on traffic fatalities than injuries, with a higher effect in the capital, where presumably the police enforcement was enhanced.
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