Lorazepam impairs highway driving performance more than heavy alcohol consumption

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 60, Issue , 2013, Pages 31-34

  Daurat, Agnès ^a   Sagaspe, Patricia ^b   Moták, Ladislav ^a   Taillard, Jacques ^b   Bayssac, Laetitia ^a   Huet, Nathalie ^a   Authié, Colas ^a   Mestre, Daniel ^c   Philip, Pierre ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Benzodiazepine; Line crossing; On road driving; Simulator; Weaving

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; BENZODIAZEPINE; BLOOD-ALCOHOL CONCENTRATION; DRIVING PERFORMANCE; INAPPROPRIATE LINE CROSSINGS; LINE-CROSSING; ON-ROAD DRIVING; SIMULATED ENVIRONMENT;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; SIMULATORS; WEAVING;

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; LORAZEPAM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; LINE-CROSSING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ON-ROAD DRIVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIMULATOR; THEORETICAL MODEL; WEAVING;

BENZODIAZEPINE; LINE-CROSSING; ON-ROAD DRIVING; SIMULATOR; WEAVING;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; LORAZEPAM; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84883544291     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2013.08.004     Document Type: Article

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