Cycling-related crash risk and the role of cannabis and alcohol: A case-crossover study

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue , 2014, Pages 80-86

  Asbridge, Mark ^a   Mann, Robert ^b,c   Cusimano, Michael D ^d   Tallon, John M ^a   Pauley, Chris ^a   Rehm, Jürgen ^b,c,e  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Bicycles; Cannabis; Case crossover; Crash risk; Injury

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CANNABIS;

ACCIDENTAL INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BITE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BURN; CANADA; CANNABIS USE; CONCUSSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONTUSION; CRASH RISK; CYCLING; DISLOCATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SKULL FRACTURE; SPRAIN; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; YOUNG ADULT; ACCIDENT; CANNABIS SMOKING; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; INJURIES; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ACCIDENTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BICYCLING; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MARIJUANA SMOKING; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903757663     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2014.06.006     Document Type: Article

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