Citation

Naumann RB, Shiue K, Hezaveh AM, Marshall SW, Cherry CR. Am. J. Prev. Med. 2019; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Affiliation

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.amepre.2019.10.006

PMID

31866210

Abstract

Road traffic injuries and drug overdoses are the two leading causes of injury death in the U.S.1 In 2017, these two mechanisms were responsible for more than 100,000 deaths. Perhaps more importantly, these two leading causes of injury are closely interconnected. Opioids and other drugs affect driving abilities (e.g., reaction time, alertness, concentration) and crash-related injuries often result in opioid prescribing,2,3 creating a potential feedback loop from crash to injury to pain to opioid use and back to crash. ...

Language: en