Substance use among road traffic casualties admitted to emergency departments

Injury Prevention

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 87-94

  Santamarina Rubio E ^a   Perez K ^a,b   Ricart, I ^a   Rodriguez Sanz M ^a,b   Rodriguez Martos A ^a,b   Brugal, M T ^a,b   Borrell, C ^a,b   Ariza, C ^a,b   Diez E ^a,b   Beneyto, V M ^c   Nebot, M ^a,b   Ramos, P ^a   Suelves, J M ^c  

^a AGÈNCIA DE SALUT PÚBLICA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CAR DRIVING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SPAIN; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SPAIN; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649878847     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2008.019679     Document Type: Article

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