Drugs related to motor vehicle crashes in northern European countries: A study of fatally injured drivers

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1920-1926

  Mørland, Jørg ^a   Steentoft, Anni ^b   Simonsen, Kirsten Wiese ^b   Ojanperä, Ilkka ^c   Vuori, Erkki ^c   Magnusdottir, Kristin ^d   Kristinsson, Jakob ^d   Ceder, Gunnel ^e   Kronstrand, Robert ^e   Christophersen, Asbjørg ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^e DEPARTMENT OF FORENSIC GENETICS AND FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Fatally injured drivers; Motor vehicle crashes; Non alcohol drugs

Indexed keywords

AGE GROUPS; BLOOD SAMPLES; CUT-OFF; DRUG COMBINATIONS; EFFECTIVE MEASURES; EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; FATALLY INJURED DRIVERS; FINLAND; ILLICIT DRUG; MEDICINAL DRUGS; MOTOR VEHICLE CRASHES; NON-ALCOHOL DRUGS; NORDIC COUNTRIES; VEHICLE ACCIDENTS; VEHICLE CRASHES; WARNING LABELS;

ACCIDENTS; BLOOD; DRUG PRODUCTS; LABELS;

VEHICLES;

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; SCANDINAVIA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; SCANDINAVIA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80955179595     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2011.05.002     Document Type: Article

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