Problems in blood alcohol testing of severely injured drivers brought to emergency departments in Japan

Legal Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 299-305

  Higuchi, Akiko ^a   Kurihara, Rina ^a   Yoshimoto, Takashi ^a   Sano, Toshiyuki ^b   Katsumata, Kazuo ^c   Ishii, Akira ^d   Katsumata, Yoshinao ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b AICHI PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Katsumata Hospital   (Japan)

^d FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

BAC testing; Contamination of alcohol; Dermal antiseptic; DUI; Police request

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL BLOOD TEST; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; DRUNKEN DRIVING; EMERGENCY WARD; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; JAPAN; POLICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW;

EID: 24344466959     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2005.05.003     Document Type: Article

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