Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 55, Issue 2 , Pages 211-214 , February 2010

Commentary: Women and Alcohol: Increasingly Willing to Drive While Impaired?

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 Section editors: Mary Pat McKay, MD, MPH; Todd Thoma, MD; Chris Kahn, MD, MPH; Catherine S. Gotschall, ScD

PII: S0196-0644(09)01807-1

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2009.12.007

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 55, Issue 2 , Pages 211-214 , February 2010

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