Drinking and driving: a decrease in executive frontal functions in young drivers with high blood alcohol concentration

Alcohol

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 657-664

  Domingues, Simone Cristina Aires ^a   Mendonça, Josidéia Barreto ^a   Laranjeira, Ronaldo ^b   Nakamura Palacios, Ester Miyuki ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVER; DRIVING ABILITY; DRUNKEN DRIVING; FEMALE; FRONTAL ASSESSMENT BATTERY; FRONTAL LOBE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; ETHANOL; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71049127424     PISSN: 07418329     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2009.10.001     Document Type: Article

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