Acute cannabis consumption and motor vehicle collision risk: Systematic review of observational studies and meta-analysis

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 344, Issue 7846, 2012, Pages

  Asbridge, Mark ^a   Hayden, Jill A ^a   Cartwright, Jennifer L ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PRONENESS; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CAR DRIVING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DATA BASE; DRIVER; FATALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NEWCASTLE OTTAWA SCALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLISHING; QUALITY CONTROL; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; ACUTE DISEASE; BLOOD; CANNABIS SMOKING; DOSE RESPONSE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEGAL ASPECT; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

CANNABINOID; CANNABIS; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ACUTE DISEASE; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CANNABINOIDS; CANNABIS; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DATA COLLECTION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; MARIJUANA SMOKING; RISK FACTORS; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL;

EID: 84857815393     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.e536     Document Type: Article

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