Marijuana use and car crash injury

Addiction

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 605-611

  Blows, Stephanie ^a,c   Ivers, Rebecca Q ^a   Connor, Jennie ^b   Ameratunga, Shanthi ^b   Woodward, Mark ^a   Norton, Robyn ^a  

^a GEORGE INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cannabis; Case control study; Motor vehicle injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CAR DRIVING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRIVING ABILITY; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SEATBELT; SELF REPORT; SOMNOLENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MARIJUANA SMOKING; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; RISK-TAKING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 18444375543     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2005.01100.x     Document Type: Article

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