Evaluating the impact of criminalizing drunk driving on years of life lost due to road traffic deaths in one megacity, China.
CONCLUSIONS: This study highlights that the law can lead to a reduction in YLL due to RTDs in Tianjin, China. Large immediate public health benefits resulted from the new road traffic law in China. YLL provides a complementary measure for examining the effect of criminalization on drunk driving RTDs.
PMID: 31081701 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Traffic Injury Prevention - Category: Accident Prevention Authors: Xiong X, Wang Z, Xu R, Li G Tags: Traffic Inj Prev Source Type: research