Use of drugs of abuse in less than 30-year-old drivers killed in a road crash in France: A spectacular increase for cannabis, cocaine and amphetamines

Forensic Science International

Volumn 160, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 168-172

  Mura, P ^a   Chatelain, C ^b   Dumestre, V ^c   Gaulier, J M ^d   Ghysel, M H ^e   Lacroix, C ^f   Kergueris, M F ^g   Lhermitte, M ^h   Moulsma, M ⁱ   Pepin G ^j   Vincent, F ^k   Kintz, P ^l  

^a POITIERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE VALENCIENNES   (France)

^c Laboratoire ToxGen   (France)

^d LIMOGES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^e Centre Universitaire des Saints Pères   (France)

^f LE HAVRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^g Laboratoire de Pharmacologie Clinique   (France)

^h LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

ⁱ EDOUARD HERRIOT HOSPITAL   (France)

^j Laboratoire Toxlab   (France)

^k GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^l Laboratoire ChemTox   (France)

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Author keywords

Accidents; Cannabis; Driving; Drug of abuse; Epidemiology; Traffic accident

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; CANNABINOID; CANNABIS; COCAINE; OPIATE; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANNABIS ADDICTION; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVER; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG DETERMINATION; FEMALE; FRANCE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 33745957359     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2005.09.006     Document Type: Article

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