Road traffic injuries and substance use among emergency department patients in the Dominican Republic and Peru

• Main Authors: Cheryl J. Cherpitel (Author), Jane Witbrodt (Author), Yu Ye (Author), Maristela G. Monteiro (Author), Hernán Málaga (Author), Jeannette Báez (Author), Marisela Ponce de León Valdés (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Pan American Health Organization, 2021-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective. To report demographic and substance use characteristics and risk of road traffic injury (RTI) from alcohol use, cannabis use, and combined use in a sample of emergency department patients from two countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. Methods. A cross-sectional study in which pati...