The victorian legislative framework for testing drivers for impairment caused by drugs other than alcohol: An evaluation of the characteristics of drivers detected from 2000 to 2005

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 217-223

  Boorman, Martin ^a   Papafotiou, Katherine ^b  

^a Technical Unit   (Australia)

^b SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Driving; Drugs; DWI; Impairment; Legislation; Victoria

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAR DRIVING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VICTORIA;

EID: 34548074736     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389580701362022     Document Type: Article

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