Prevalence of Alcohol and Drugs Among Car and Van Drivers Killed in Road Accidents in Norway: An Overview From 2001 to 2010

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 523-531

  Christophersen, Asbjørg S ^a   Gjerde, Hallvard ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

alcohol; driving under influence; drugs; fatal accidents; single vehicle accidents

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DRUG; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; STREET DRUG;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CAR; CAR DRIVING; DRIVING UNDER INFLUENCE; FATAL ACCIDENTS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NORWAY; PREVALENCE; SEX RATIO; SINGLE-VEHICLE ACCIDENTS; STATISTICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TIME; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ALCOHOL; DRIVING UNDER INFLUENCE; DRUGS; FATAL ACCIDENTS; SINGLE-VEHICLE ACCIDENTS;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; AUTOMOBILES; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84901467369     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389588.2013.848981     Document Type: Article

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