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Sedating drugs and automobile accidents leading to hospitalization.

Author(s) -

Hershel Jick,

J Hunter,

Barbara J. Dinan,

S Madsen,

Andy Stergachis

Publication year - 1981

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.71.12.1399

Subject(s) - medical prescription , medicine , population , medical emergency , injury prevention , poison control , occupational safety and health , human factors and ergonomics , suicide prevention , emergency medicine , environmental health , pharmacology , pathology

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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