A Case-Control Study Estimating Accident Risk for Alcohol, Medicines and Illegal Drugs

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Kuypers, Kim Paula Colette ^a,b   Legrand, Sara Ann ^b   Ramaekers, Johannes Gerardus ^a   Verstraete, Alain Gaston ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

7 AMINOFLUNITRAZEPAM; ALCOHOL; ALPRAZOLAM; AMPHETAMINE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CANNABIS; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; CLONAZEPAM; COCAINE; CODEINE; DIAZEPAM; FLUNITRAZEPAM; ILLICIT DRUG; LORAZEPAM; METHADONE; METHAMPHETAMINE; MORPHINE; NORDAZEPAM; OPIATE; OXAZEPAM; SEDATIVE AGENT; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL; TRAMADOL; ZOLPIDEM; ZOPICLONE; STREET DRUG;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVER; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK;

CANNABIS;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CANNABIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL;

EID: 84865486365     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043496     Document Type: Article

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