Screening for drugs in oral fluid: Illicit drug use and drug driving in a sample of urban and regional Queensland motorists

Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 311-316

  Davey, Jeremy ^a   Freeman, James ^a   Lavelle, Anita ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Drug driving; Oral fluid; Road side drug screening

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; DRUG PRODUCTS; ROADS AND STREETS; TRANSPORTATION;

DETECTION RATES; DRINK DRIVING; DRUG DRIVING; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG TESTING; ILLICIT DRUG; METROPOLITAN AREA; ORAL FLUIDS;

SCREENING;

EID: 67651094087     PISSN: 13698478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trf.2009.04.005     Document Type: Article

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