The impact of benzodiazepines on safe driving

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 404-413

  Dubois, Sacha ^a,b   Bedard, Michel ^a,b,c   Weaver, Bruce ^b,c  

^a ST JOSEPH'S CARE GROUP   (Canada)

^b LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NORTHERN ONTARIO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Benzodiazepines; Crash Fatality; Crash Responsibility; Driving; Drug Impaired Drivers

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AGENTS;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HALF LIFE TIME; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REFERENCE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; BENZODIAZEPINES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AGENTS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; FEMALE; HALF-LIFE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 53549126961     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389580802161943     Document Type: Article

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