High rates of injured motorcycle drivers in emergency rooms and the association with substance use in Porto Alegre, Brazil

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 205-207

  Breitenbach, Tiago Cataldo ^a   Pechansky, Flavio ^a   Benzano, Daniela ^a   De Boni, Raquel ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; CANNABIS; COCAINE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRIVER; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG USE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MOTORCYCLE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BRAZIL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTORCYCLES; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857368460     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2010.099606     Document Type: Article

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