Historique
Périodique
Role of drugs in traffic accidents
(Le rôle des drogues dans les accidents de la route)
Auteur(s) :
HONKANEN R. ;
ERTAMA L. ;
LINNOILA M. ;
ALHA, A. ;
LUKKARI I. ;
KARLSSON, M. ;
KIVILUOTO O. ;
PURO M.
Année
1980
Page(s) :
1309-1312
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
16
Domaine :
Plusieurs produits / Several products
Discipline :
EPI (Epidémiologie / Epidemiology)
Thésaurus mots-clés
CONDUITE DE VEHICULE
;
ACCIDENT
;
PRISE DE SANG
;
ANALYSE CHIMIQUE
;
PSYCHOTROPES
;
ALCOOL
;
BENZODIAZEPINES
;
EPIDEMIOLOGIE
Thésaurus géographique
FINLANDE
Note générale :
British Medical Journal, 1980, 281, (6251), 1309-1312
Note de contenu :
tabl.
Résumé :
ENGLISH :
Serum samples from 201 drivers who presented at emergency departments within six hours after being injured in a road accident and 325 control drivers selected randomly at petrol stations were screened for drugs by combined thin-layer and gas chromatography. Blood alcohol concentrations were also measured, and a questionnaire on the subjects' state of health and use of drugs administered. At interview 30 patients (15%) and 44 controls (13%) said that they had taken drugs in the previous 24 hours. Four patients (2%) and six controls (2%) said that they had taken psychotropic drugs, but serum analysis detected psychotropic drugs in 10 patients (5%) and eight controls (2.5%). Diazepam was found in 16 of the 18 subjects in whom psychotropic drugs were detected. Alcohol was detected in 30 patients (15%) and three controls (1%). Drug use appeared to be somewhat lower in Finland than in other Western countries, and illness to be a more important traffic hazard than drugs in general. Interview was not a reliable method of establishing whether drivers had taken psychotropic drugs. Taking diazepam may increase the risk of being involved in a traffic accident, but alcohol was the most powerful risk factor. (Review' s abstract)
Affiliation :
Univ. of Kuopio, Kuopio
Finlande. Finland.
Finlande. Finland.
Cote :
A01464