Prevalence of alcohol, illicit drugs and psychoactive medicines in killed drivers in four European countries

International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 17-28

  Legrand, Sara Ann ^a   Gjerde, Hallvard ^b   Isalberti, Cristina ^a   Van der Linden, Trudy ^a,g   Lillsunde, Pirjo ^c   Dias, Mario J ^d   Gustafsson, Susanne ^e   Ceder, Gunnel ^f   Verstraete, Alain G ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE MEDICINA LEGAL E CIÊNCIAS FORENSES   (Portugal)

^e SWEDISH NATIONAL ROAD AND TRANSPORT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^f Department of Forensic Genetics and Forensic Toxicology The National Board of Forensic Medicine ^*  (Sweden)

^g National Institute of Criminalistics and Criminology   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Europe; killed drivers; prevalence alcohol drugs

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; STREET DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MORTALITY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ETHANOL; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; STREET DRUGS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897999039     PISSN: 17457300     EISSN: 17457319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17457300.2012.748809     Document Type: Article

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