Mild to Moderate Dehydration Combined With Moderate Alcohol Consumption Has No Influence on Simulated Driving Performance

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 652-662

  Irwin, Christopher ^a   Leveritt, Michael ^b   Shum, David H K ^c   Desbrow, Ben ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

driving performance; ethanol; hypohydration; rehydration

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEHYDRATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRIVING PERFORMANCE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REHYDRATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TASK PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

DRIVING PERFORMANCE; ETHANOL; HYPOHYDRATION; REHYDRATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEHYDRATION; HUMANS; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901465715     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389588.2013.810335     Document Type: Article

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