Simplifying the process for identifying drug combinations by drug recognition experts

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 453-459

  Porath Waller, Amy J ^a   Beirness, Douglas J ^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

ALCOHOL; CANNABIS; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; NARCOTIC AGENT; DRUG COMBINATION;

ADDICTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CAR DRIVING; DRUG COMBINATION; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CANADA; CANNABIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; DRUG COMBINATIONS; ETHANOL; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; NARCOTICS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 77957239071     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389588.2010.489199     Document Type: Article

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