The prevalence of alcohol and psychotropic drugs in fatalities of road-traffic accidents in Jordan during 2008-2014

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue , 2016, Pages 130-134

  Al Abdallat, Imad M ^a   Al Ali, Rayyan ^b   Hudaib, Arwa A ^c   Salameh, Ghada A M ^c   Salameh, Rakiz J M ^c   Idhair, Ahmed K F ^c  

^a THE UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

^b AN NAJAH NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Fatality; Jordan; Psychotropic drugs; RTA

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMPHETAMINE DERIVATIVE; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CAFFEINE; CANNABIS; CARBAMAZEPINE; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; COCAINE; NORDAZEPAM; PARACETAMOL; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AUTOPSY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; FATALITY; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JORDAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TOXICITY TESTING; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; URINALYSIS; VITREOUS BODY; ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD; DRUNKEN DRIVING; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD ALCOHOL CONTENT; DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JORDAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84957953638     PISSN: 1752928X     EISSN: 18787487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jflm.2016.01.018     Document Type: Review

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