Alcohol and psychoactive drugs in road traffic fatalities within northern district of Amman

Jordan Medical Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 66-72

  Battah, Abdul Qader H ^a   Al Hadidi, Momen S ^b   Abdullat, Emad M ^a   Hadidi, Kamal A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

^b Ministry of Health   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Fatality; Jordan; Psychoactive drugs; RTA

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; OPIATE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; DRIVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; JORDAN; MALE; PILOT STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 84876266626     PISSN: 04469283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12816/0001070     Document Type: Article

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