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Original Articles

Concordance of Motor Vehicle Crash, Emergency Department, and Inpatient Hospitalization Data Sets in the Identification of Drugs in Injured Drivers

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Pages 680-689 | Received 21 Sep 2012, Accepted 06 Dec 2012, Published online: 14 Aug 2013

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