Substance use and social, health and safety-related factors among fatally injured drivers

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 45, Issue , 2012, Pages 731-736

  Karjalainen, Karoliina ^a,b   Blencowe, Tom ^a   Lillsunde, Pirjo ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Drugs; Fatal traffic accident; Health; Socio demographic factors; Traffic safety

Indexed keywords

DRIVING ABILITIES; DRUGS; EARLY INTERVENTION; FATAL TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; FINLAND; FINNISH; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HELSINKI; INSURANCE COMPANIES; MEAN AGES; MOTOR VEHICLE; PHYSICAL HEALTH; RECKLESS DRIVING; ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS; SAFETY EQUIPMENTS; SOCIAL POLICY; SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUBSTANCE USE; TRAFFIC POLICIES; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ALCOHOLS; FIRE PROTECTION; HEALTH; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL; INSURANCE; POPULATION STATISTICS; ROADS AND STREETS;

DRIVER TRAINING;

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; STREET DRUG;

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; COMORBIDITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856100178     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2011.09.044     Document Type: Article

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