The use of electronic pharmacy data to investigate prescribed medications and fatal motor vehicle crashes in a military population, 2002-2006

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 261-268

  Hooper, Tomoko I ^a   DeBakey, Samar F ^b   Pearse, Lisa ^c   Pratt, Stephanie ^d   Hoffman, Kenneth J ^a  

^a Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

^b Health Research and Analysis LLC   (United States)

^c ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Automobile driving; Case control study; Military personnel; Pharmacoepidemiology; Prescription drugs; Traffic accidents

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CASE-CONTROL STUDY; MILITARY PERSONNELS; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS;

AUTOMOBILES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; MOTORS; PERSONNEL; POPULATION STATISTICS;

MILITARY VEHICLES;

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; SOLDIER; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; CLINICAL PHARMACY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; RISK FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 71549147804     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2009.07.024     Document Type: Article

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