Alcohol and drugs in fatally and non-fatally injured motor vehicle drivers in northern Sweden

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 129-136

  Ahlm, Kristin ^a   Björnstig, Ulf ^a   Öström, Mats ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Driver; Drugs; Injury; Road traffic

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; DRUG PRODUCTS; HEALTH RISKS; MILITARY OPERATIONS; MOTORS; ROADS AND STREETS; TURBULENT FLOW; VEHICLES;

BENZODIAZEPINES; BLOOD ALCOHOLS; DRIVER; DRUGS; GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS; ILLICIT DRUGS; IMPAIRED DRIVINGS; INJURY; MEDICAL JOURNALS; MOTOR VEHICLES; POLICE REPORTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RELATIVE PROPORTIONS; RISK FACTORS; ROAD TRAFFIC; TOXICOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC INJURIES; TRAFFIC SAFETIES;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS;

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; DRUG; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; STREET DRUG;

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; SWEDEN; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; BENZODIAZEPINES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57849108893     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2008.10.002     Document Type: Article

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