Risk of Road Traffic Accidents Associated With the Prescription of Drugs: A Registry-Based Cohort Study

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 597-602

  Engeland, Anders ^a   Skurtveit, Svetlana ^a   Mørland, Jørg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cohort; Drivers; Pharmacoepidemiology; Population Based Registries; Prescribed Drugs; Road Traffic Accidents

Indexed keywords

ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; HYPNOTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MIGRATION; MORTALITY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTRATION; RISK FACTOR; STANDARDIZATION; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADRENERGIC BETA-AGONISTS; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; BENZODIAZEPINES; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; OPIATE ALKALOIDS; PENICILLINS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 34547103272     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2007.03.009     Document Type: Article

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