Detecting Alcohol and Illicit Drugs in Oral Fluid Samples Collected from Truck Drivers in the State of São Paulo, Brazil

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 127-131

  Yonamine, Mauricio ^a   Sanches, Livia Rentas ^a   Bismara Paranhos, Beatriz Aparecida Passos ^a   de Almeida, Rafael Menck ^a   Andreuccetti, Gabriel ^a   Leyton, Vilma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

alcohol; driving under the influence; drugs; oral fluid; truck drivers

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; STREET DRUG;

ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CAR DRIVING; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR VEHICLE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALIVA; STATISTICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; BRAZIL; ETHANOL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SALIVA; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84873102058     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389588.2012.696222     Document Type: Article

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