Alcohol, Drug Use, and Road Traffic Injuries: A Multi-site Collaborative Study of Emergency Departments in the Dominican Republic and Peru

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Author
Cherpitel, Cheryl J. ;
Witbrodt, Jane ;
Ye, Yu ;
Monteiro, Maristela ;
Date issued
May 2022
Subject
Road Traffic Injury;
Drug Abuse;
Fatal Road Injury;
Health;
Population Aging
JEL code
R41 - Transportation: Demand, Supply, and Congestion • Travel Time • Safety and Accidents • Transportation Noise;
H75 - State and Local Government: Health • Education • Welfare • Public Pensions;
L91 - Transportation: General;
I10 - Health: General
Country
Dominican Republic;
Peru
Category
Monographs
The objectives of this study are to report demographic and substanceuse characteristics and risk of road traffic injury from alcohol use, cannabis use, and combined use in a sample of emergency department patients from two countries in Latin America and the Caribbean: the Dominican Republic and Peru.
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