Titre : | Role of drugs in traffic accidents |
Titre traduit : | (Le rôle des drogues dans les accidents de la route) |
Auteurs : | HONKANEN R. ; ERTAMA L. ; LINNOILA M. ; A. ALHA ; LUKKARI I. ; M. KARLSSON ; KIVILUOTO O. ; PURO M. |
Type de document : | Périodique |
Année de publication : | 1980 |
Format : | 1309-1312 / tabl. |
Note générale : |
British Medical Journal, 1980, 281, (6251), 1309-1312 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Discipline : | EPI (Epidémiologie / Epidemiology) |
Mots-clés : |
Thésaurus mots-clés CONDUITE DE VEHICULE ; ACCIDENT ; PRISE DE SANG ; ANALYSE CHIMIQUE ; PSYCHOTROPES ; ALCOOL ; BENZODIAZEPINES ; EPIDEMIOLOGIEThésaurus géographique FINLANDE |
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) |
Note de contenu : | tabl. |
Domaine : | Plusieurs produits / Several products |
Refs biblio. : | 16 |
Affiliation : |
Univ. of Kuopio, Kuopio Finlande. Finland. |
Numéro Toxibase : | 1300776 |
Centre Emetteur : | 13 OFDT |
Cote : | A01464 |
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