Driving under the influence of gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB)

Forensic Science, Medicine, and Pathology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 205-211

  Jones, Alan Wayne ^a   Holmgren, Anita ^a   Kugelberg, Fredrik C ^a  

^a National Board of Forensic Medicine   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Drugs of abuse; Forensic; GHB; Impaired driving; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

NARCOTIC AGENT; OXYBATE SODIUM;

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CAR DRIVING; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENT DISEASE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; FLAME IONIZATION; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARCOTICS; RECURRENCE; SODIUM OXYBATE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65249139960     PISSN: 1547769X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12024-008-9040-1     Document Type: Article

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