Toward a more parsimonious approach to drug recognition expert evaluations

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 513-518

  Porath Waller, Amy J ^a   Beirness, Douglas J ^a   Beasley, Erin E ^a  

^a Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction   (Canada)

Author keywords

Drug evaluation and classification (DEC) program; Drug recognition expert (DRE); Drugged driving; Impaired driving; Impairment testing

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; NARCOTIC AGENT;

ADDICTION; ARTICLE; CANADA; CAR DRIVING; HUMAN; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CANADA; CANNABIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; HUMANS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NARCOTICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 70450189663     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389580903191617     Document Type: Article

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