Assessing road rage victimization and perpetration in the Ontario adult population: The impact of illicit drug use and psychiatric distress

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 96-99

  Butters, Jennifer E ^a,c   Mann, Robert E ^b,c   Smart, Reginald G ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Automobile driving; Marijuana and stimulant use; Psychological; Stress

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; ILLICIT DRUG;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; OFFENDER; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 33645756311     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03405323     Document Type: Article

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