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Review: Drugs and Traffic Collisions

Evelyn Vingilis Population and Community Health Unit, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
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Scott Macdonald Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, London, Ontario, Canada
Pages 1-11 | Published online: 15 Sep 2010

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