Can an app help identify psychomotor function impairments during drinking occasions in the real world? A mixed-method pilot study

Substance Abuse

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 438-449

  Suffoletto, Brian ^a   Goyal, Akash ^a   Puyana, Juan Carlos ^a   Chung, Tammy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; intoxication; young adult

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG EFFECT; ECOLOGICAL MOMENTARY ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MOBILE APPLICATION; PILOT STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION; ECOLOGICAL MOMENTARY ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85032291434     PISSN: 08897077     EISSN: 15470164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08897077.2017.1356797     Document Type: Article

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