Cannabis effects on driving skills

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 478-492

  Hartman, Rebecca L ^a,b   Huestis, Marilyn A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CANNABIS; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL;

ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ATTENTION; CANNABIS SMOKING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMOGRAPHY; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; DRIVER; DRIVING ABILITY; DRUG USE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MULTIPLE DRUG ABUSE; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER; REACTION TIME; RESPONSIBILITY; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WORKING MEMORY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CANNABIS; COGNITION; ETHANOL; HUMANS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL;

EID: 84874581999     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: 15308561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2012.194381     Document Type: Review

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