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Original Articles

Can progress in reducing alcohol-impaired driving fatalities be resumed? Results of a workshop sponsored by the Transportation Research Board, Alcohol, Other Drugs, and Transportation Committee (ANB50)

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Pages 771-781 | Received 21 Dec 2015, Accepted 19 Feb 2016, Published online: 10 Sep 2016

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