Prevalence of abuse of alcohol and other drugs among injured drivers presenting to the emergency department of the University Hospital of Modena, Italy

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 135-138

  Giovanardi, Daniele ^a   Castellana, Carmela Nives ^b   Pisa, Stefania ^b   Poppi, Brunella ^b   Pinetti, Diego ^b   Bertolini, Alfio ^b   Ferrari, Anna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Crash responsibility; Drug abuse; Motor vehicle crashes; Traffic accidents

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; BENZODIAZEPINE; CANNABIS; COCAINE;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; DRIVER; EMERGENCY WARD; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; ITALY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

CANNABIS SATIVA;

EID: 24644451044     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2005.04.010     Document Type: Article

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