Prescription medicines and the risk of road traffic crashes: A French registry-based study

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Orriols, Ludivine ^a   Delorme, Bernard ^b   Gadegbeku, Blandine ^c,d   Tricotel, Aurore ^b   Contrand, Benjamin ^a   Laumon, Bernard ^c,d   Salmi, Louis Rachid ^a,e   Lagarde, Emmanuel ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b AFSSAPS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^d University Lyon   (France)

^e BORDEAUX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIMIGRAINE AGENT; ANTIPARKINSON AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; DRUGS USED IN THE TREATMENT OF ADDICTION; HYPNOTIC AGENT; INSULIN; INSULIN DERIVATIVE; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OPIATE; PHENOTHIAZINE DERIVATIVE; PRESCRIPTION DRUG; SEDATIVE AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE REGISTRY; DRIVER; DRUG CLASSIFICATION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCRIPTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; CAR DRIVING; REGISTER; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FRANCE; REGISTRIES;

EID: 78649961675     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000366     Document Type: Article

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