Effects of alcohol on highway driving in the STISIM driving simulator

Human Psychopharmacology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 434-439

  Mets, Monique A J ^a   Kuipers, Esther ^a   De Senerpont Domis, Lieke M ^a   Leenders, Maartje ^a   Olivier, Berend ^a   Verster, Joris C ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

alcohol; driving; SDLP; simulator; STISIM

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRIVING ABILITY; FEMALE; HIGHWAY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATOR; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STISIM DRIVING SIMULATOR; VELOCITY;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052273654     PISSN: 08856222     EISSN: 10991077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hup.1226     Document Type: Article

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