The combined effects of alcohol and cannabis on driving: Impact on crash risk

Forensic Science International

Volumn 248, Issue , 2015, Pages 94-100

  Dubois, Sacha ^a,b,c   Mullen, Nadia ^b   Weaver, Bruce ^b,c   Bédard, Michel ^a,b,c  

^a ST JOSEPH'S CARE GROUP   (Canada)

^b LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Car drivers; Crash culpability; Impairment; THC

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CANNABIS; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; DRONABINOL; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVING ABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; ADDICTION; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPLICATION; DATA BASE; DRUNKEN DRIVING; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; BLOOD ALCOHOL CONTENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DATABASES AS TOPIC; DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE; DRONABINOL; FEMALE; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84937047394     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2014.12.018     Document Type: Article

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