Effects of alcohol (BAC 0.5%) and ecstasy (MDMA 100 mg) on simulated driving performance and traffic safety

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 222, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 377-390

  Veldstra, Janet L ^a   Brookhuis, Karel A ^a,b   De Waard, Dick ^a   Molmans, Barbara H W ^c   Verstraete, Alain G ^d   Skopp, Gisela ^e   Jantos, Ricarda ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Dri ving simulator; Driving performance; Ecstasy

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; ALCOHOL; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTOMATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRIVING ABILITY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KAROLINSKA SLEEPINESS SCALE; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; REACTION TIME; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; N-METHYL-3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SAFETY;

EID: 84864431068     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: 14322072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-011-2537-4     Document Type: Article

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