Presence of Psychoactive Substances in Injured Belgian Drivers

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 461-468

  Legrand, Sara Ann ^a   Silverans, Peter ^b   de Paepe, Peter ^c,d   Buylaert, Walter ^c   Verstraete, Alain G ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Belgian Road Safety Institute ^*  (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

(il)legal drugs; alcohol; Belgium; injured drivers

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BLOOD; CAR DRIVING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; BELGIUM; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; RISK FACTORS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878793652     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389588.2012.716881     Document Type: Article

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