SEDATING DRUGS AND AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS LEADING TO HOSPITALIZATION

The use of central nervous system depressant drugs among 244 people hospitalized for injuries suffered in an automobile accident was similar for drivers presumed at fault for the accident compared with other drivers and passengers. It was only slightly higher in the three groups than it was in the population at large. The absence of an important association in this population might be related to the warnings given to people filling prescriptions for these drugs.

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Direct request for reprints to Dr. Hershel Jick at the Boston Collaborative Drug Surveillance Program.
• Corporate Authors:

  American Public Health Association

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• Authors:
  • Jick, H
  • Hunter, J R
  • Dinan, B J
  • Madsen, S
  • Stergachis, A
• Publication Date: 1981-12

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: 2 p.
• Serial:
  • American Journal of Public Health
  • Volume: 71
  • Issue Number: 12
  • Publisher: American Public Health Association
  • ISSN: 0090-0036
  • EISSN: 1541-0048
  • Serial URL: http://ajph.aphapublications.org/loi/ajph

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Awareness; Drugs; Publicity; Traffic crashes
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00366824
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-032 961
• Files: HSL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Aug 30 1982 12:00AM