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. 1984;18(Suppl 1):27S–35S. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.1984.tb02580.x

Investigating drug-ethanol interactions

G A Starmer, K D Bird
PMCID: PMC1463345  PMID: 6098293

Abstract

1 Methodology developed in our laboratories for testing the interactive effects of ethanol and drugs on human psychomotor performance is discussed.

2 An attempt has been made to relate the findings of our studies to the results of real-life impairment, particularly in traffic crashes.

3 Proposals for more comprehensive testing of drug-ethnol interactions have been put forward which may increase the predictive value of such tests.

Keywords: ethanol, drugs, human psychomotor performance

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