Flunitrazepam and its involvement in date or acquaintance rape

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 323-326

  Anglin, Deirdre ^a,b,e   Spears, Kelvin L ^b,c   Hutson, H Range ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Emergency Medicine ^*  (United States)

^c Diabetes Program   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e LAC USC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

acquaintance rape; benzodiazepine; date rape; flunitrazepam; Rohypnol; sexual assault

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; ALCOHOL; DIAMORPHINE; DRUG METABOLITE; FLUMAZENIL; FLUNITRAZEPAM; ILLICIT DRUG;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COURTSHIP; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG URINE LEVEL; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPE; RECTAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SEXUAL CRIME; SUBLINGUAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030973580     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.1997.tb03557.x     Document Type: Article

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