Cannabis and driving: A new perspective

Emergency Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 296-303

  O'Kane, Carl J ^a   Tutt, Douglas C ^a,b   Bauer, Lyndon A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b Health Promotion Unit   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accidents; Cannabis; Drugs and driving; Injured drivers; Marijuana; Road trauma; THC; Traffic safety

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CANNABIS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ALCOHOL ABUSE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DRIVING ABILITY; DRUNKEN DRIVING; FATALITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0036737658     PISSN: 10356851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-2026.2002.00347.x     Document Type: Review

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