The role of marital status in the association between benzodiazepines, psychotropics and injurious road traffic crashes: A register-based nationwide study of senior drivers in Sweden

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Johnell, Kristina ^a   Laflamme, Lucie ^b   Möller, Jette ^b   Monárrez Espino, Joel ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CLONAZEPAM; DIAZEPAM; FLUNITRAZEPAM; HYPNOTIC AGENT; LORAZEPAM; MIDAZOLAM; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NITRAZEPAM; OXAZEPAM; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT; TRIAZOLAM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIVORCED PERSON; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MARRIED PERSON; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; SWEDEN; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WIDOWED PERSON;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANXIETY; BENZODIAZEPINES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; RISK; SEX FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 84900437188     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0086742     Document Type: Article

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