Drugs and alcohol: Their relative crash risk

Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 56-64

  Romano, Eduardo ^a   Torres Saavedra, Pedro ^b   Voas, Robert B ^a   Lacey, John H ^a  

^a PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EVALUATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901684257     PISSN: 19371888     EISSN: 19384114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15288/jsad.2014.75.56     Document Type: Article

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