Impairment due to cannabis and ethanol: Clinical signs and additive effects

Addiction

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1080-1087

  Bramness, Jørgen G ^a,b   Khiabani, Hassan Zaré ^b,c   Mørland, Jørg ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^c Norwegian Medicines Agency   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cannabis; Clinical test for impairment; Drugged driving; Ethanol

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CANNABIS SMOKING; CAR DRIVING; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CONJUNCTIVA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG EFFECT; EVALUATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NORWAY; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PUPIL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ALCOHOL DRINKING; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CONJUNCTIVA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ETHANOL; HUMANS; MARIJUANA SMOKING; NORWAY; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDERS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PUPIL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL;

EID: 77951983700     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2010.02911.x     Document Type: Article

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