Alcohol- Or drug-use disorders and motor vehicle accident mortality: A retrospective cohort study

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 53, Issue , 2013, Pages 149-155

  Callaghan, Russell C ^a,b,c   Gatley, Jodi M ^b,c   Veldhuizen, Scott ^b   Lev Ran, Shaul ^c   Mann, Robert ^b   Asbridge, Mark ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Cannabis; Cocaine; Cohort; Gender; Methamphetamine; Motor vehicle accident fatality; Opioids; Standardized mortality

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; CRASHWORTHINESS; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; RISK PERCEPTION; VEHICLES;

CANNABIS; COCAINE; COHORT; GENDER; METHAMPHETAMINE; MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS; OPIOIDS; STANDARDIZED MORTALITY;

ACCIDENTS;

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; DEATH CERTIFICATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; CALIFORNIA; DEATH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878055847     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2013.01.008     Document Type: Article

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