Substance-dependent professional drivers in Iran: A descriptive study

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 227-230

  Narenjiha, Hooman ^a,b   Rafiey, Hassan ^a   Jahani, Mohammad Reza ^b   Assari, Shervin ^c   Moharamzad, Yashar ^c   Roshanpazooh, Mohsen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND REHABILITATION SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Drug Control Head Quarters (DCHQ)   (Iran)

^c Medicine and Health Promotion Institute   (Iran)

Author keywords

Driver; Iran; Substance dependency

Indexed keywords

STREET DRUG;

ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CLASSIFICATION; EMPLOYMENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; IRAN; MALE;

ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; EMPLOYMENT; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; IRAN; MALE; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 69149099189     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389580902849017     Document Type: Article

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