Fatal crashes from drivers testing positive for drugs in the U.S., 1993-2010

Public Health Reports

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 342-350

  Wilson, Fernando A ^a   Stimpson, Jim P ^a   Pagán, José A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALPRAZOLAM; CANNABIS; COCAINE; DIAZEPAM; HYDROCODONE; METHAMPHETAMINE; OXYCODONE; PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; DRIVER; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG USE; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902982985     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335491412900409     Document Type: Article

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