Driving under the influence of drugs - Evaluation of analytical data of drugs in oral fluid, serum and urine, and correlation with impairment symptoms

Forensic Science International

Volumn 152, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 149-155

  Toennes, Stefan W ^a   Kauert, Gerold F ^a   Steinmeyer, Stefan ^b   Moeller, Manfred R ^c  

^a Center of Legal Medicine   (Germany)

^b Architecture of Drägerwerk AG and Co KGaA   (Germany)

^c SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Driving under the influence; Drugs of abuse; Impairment symptoms; Saliva oral fluid; Serum; Urine

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMPHETAMINE; CANNABINOID; COCAINE; OPIATE;

ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAPILLARY GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; DRIVING ABILITY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG INTOXICATION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; POLICE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINALYSIS;

EID: 20544444189     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2004.08.002     Document Type: Article

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