Differences in state drug testing and reporting by driver type in U.S. fatal traffic crashes

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 92, Issue , 2016, Pages 122-129

  Slater, Megan E ^a   Castle, I Jen P ^a   Logan, Barry K ^b   Hingson, Ralph W ^c  

^a CSR INCORPORATED   (United States)

^b NMS Labs   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug testing rates; Drugged driving; FARS data; Marijuana; State variation

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; SAFETY ENGINEERING;

DRUG TESTING; DRUGGED DRIVING; FARS DATUM; MARIJUANA; STATE VARIATION;

STATISTICAL TESTS;

ADULT; AGED; CAR DRIVING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGED; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84962469359     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2016.03.015     Document Type: Article

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