Psychiatric risk factors for motor vehicle fatalities in young men

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 50, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 838-844

  Dumais, Alexandre ^a   Lesage, Alain D ^a   Boyer, Richard ^a   Lalovic, Aleksandra ^b   Chawky, Nadia ^c   Ménard Buteau, Carole ^d   Kim, Caroline ^b   Turecki, Gustavo ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d CENTRE DE RECHERCHE FERNAND SEGUIN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alcohol abuse and dependence; Antisocial personality disorder; Borderline personality disorder; Drug abuse and dependence; Motor vehicle accident; Psychopathology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BORDERLINE STATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATALITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOPATHY; RISK FACTOR; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 31644441268     PISSN: 07067437     EISSN: 14970015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/070674370505001306     Document Type: Article

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