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Does the inclusion of vehicle impoundment in provincial short-term administrative driver’s license suspension programs reduce total and alcohol-related fatal collisions in Canada?

Nathan K. SmithDepartment of Community Health & Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada;
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Jeffrey BrubacherDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Pantelis AndreouDepartment of Community Health & Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada;
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Mark AsbridgeDepartment of Community Health & Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; Correspondence[email protected]
Pages 771-776 | Received 09 Jul 2019, Accepted 31 Aug 2019, Published online: 24 Oct 2019

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