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Mujeres Conductoras Involucradas Cada vez más en Accidentes a Causa del Consumo de Sustancias Indebidas: Acciones Para Aminorar el Riesgo
Author(s) -
Vaca Federico E.,
Romano Eduardo,
Fell James C.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
academic emergency medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.221
H-Index - 124
eISSN - 1553-2712
pISSN - 1069-6563
DOI - 10.1111/acem.12542
Subject(s) - medicine , crash , injury prevention , poison control , human factors and ergonomics , motor vehicle crash , blunt , suicide prevention , occupational safety and health , medical emergency , surgery , pathology , computer science , programming language
Abstract Emergency physicians are confronted daily with the care of traumatically injured patients. A considerable proportion of blunt trauma cases are due to motor vehicle crashes. While men have historically been overrepresented in crash‐related injuries and deaths, unfavorable trends for women in alcohol‐impaired driving crashes have emerged. This extended commentary with in‐depth review presents an examination of the evolving role of sex and gender in alcohol‐impaired driving and its outcomes.