Another Major Reason to Lower the Blood Alcohol Concentration Limit for Driving

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Editorial

James C Fell. Am J Public Health. 2019 May.

. 2019 May;109(5):670-671.

doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2019.304987.

¹ James C. Fell is a principal research scientist with the Department of Economics, Justice, and Society, NORC at the University of Chicago, Bethesda, MD.

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Ethical Acceptability of Reducing the Legal Blood Alcohol Concentration Limit to 0.05.
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