Drug use in motor vehicle drivers presenting to an Australian, adult major trauma centre

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 359-365

  Ch'ng, Chin Wei ^a   Fitzgerald, Mark ^a,d   Gerostamoulos, Jim ^b   Cameron, Peter ^a,b,d   Bui, Dinh ^a   Drummer, Olaf H ^b   Potter, Jeremy ^c   Odell, Morris ^b  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c National Trauma Research Institute ^*  (Australia)

^d NATIONAL TRAUMA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Drugs of abuse; Illicit drug; Prevalence; Traffic accident

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; COCAINE; DRONABINOL; METHADONE; OPIATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD STORAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INTOXICATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VICTORIA;

EID: 34547103013     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2007.00958.x     Document Type: Article

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