Alcohol and distraction interact to impair driving performance

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 31-37

  Harrison, Emily L R ^a   Fillmore, Mark T ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Distraction; Divided attention; Driving

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADULT; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRACTIBILITY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRIVING ABILITY; DRUNKEN DRIVING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; ALCOHOLISM; ATTENTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PLACEBOS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SELF-ASSESSMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959673836     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: 18790046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2011.01.002     Document Type: Article

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