An evaluation of pupil size standards used by police officers for detecting drug impairment

Optometry

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 175-182

  Richman, Jack E ^a,e   McAndrew, Kathleen Golden ^b   Decker, Donald ^c   Mullaney, Stephen C ^d  

^a NEW ENGLAND COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^c Marblehead Police Department   (United States)

^d State Police Crime Laboratory   (United States)

^e New England Eye Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug Evaluation and Classification program; Drug recognition expert; Drugs; Law enforcement; Pupils; Substance abuse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARKNESS; DRUG DETERMINATION; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIGHT; MEDICAL EXPERT; NORMAL HUMAN; POLICE; PUPIL; REVIEW; STANDARDIZATION; TECHNIQUE; ADDICTION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PUPIL REFLEX; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VISION TEST;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGHT; MALE; POLICE; PUPIL; REFERENCE VALUES; REFLEX, PUPILLARY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VISION TESTS;

EID: 1842866396     PISSN: 15291839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1529-1839(04)70037-8     Document Type: Article

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