Cognitive Skills Underlying Driving in Patients Discharged Following Self-Poisoning With Central Nervous System Depressant Drugs

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 450-457

  Dassanayake, Tharaka L ^a   Michie, Patricia T ^a   Jones, Alison L ^a,b   Mallard, Trevor ^a,c   Whyte, Ian M ^a,c   Carter, Gregory L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c Calvary Mater ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Benzodiazepines; Central nervous system depressants; Cognitive impairment; Driving; Opioids; Trail Making Test

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CENTRAL DEPRESSANT AGENT; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAR DRIVING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG OVERDOSE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; BENZODIAZEPINES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG OVERDOSE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NEW SOUTH WALES; PATIENT DISCHARGE; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865827072     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389588.2012.671983     Document Type: Article

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