Drug-facilitated sexual assault in Ontario, Canada: Toxicological and DNA findings

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 333-338

  Du Mont, Janice ^a,b   MacDonald, Sheila ^c   Rotbard, Nomi ^a,d   Bainbridge, Deidre ^e   Asllani, Eriola ^a   Smith, Norman ^f,g   Cohen, Marsha M ^a,b  

^a WOMEN S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Ontario Network of Sexual Assault/Domestic Violence Treatment Centres   (Canada)

^d Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^e WOMEN S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f ST JOSEPH S HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alcohol drinking; Nonprescription drugs; Rape; Street drugs

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; 4 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; ALCOHOL; ALPRAZOLAM; AMFEBUTAMONE; AMITRIPTYLINE; AMPHETAMINE; ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; CANNABINOID; CITALOPRAM; CLONAZEPAM; COCAINE; DESIPRAMINE; DIAZEPAM; DIMENHYDRINATE; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; FLUNITRAZEPAM; FLUOXETINE; GABAPENTIN; KETAMINE; LORAZEPAM; MIRTAZAPINE; NORDAZEPAM; PAROXETINE; PHENIRAMINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PSEUDOEPHEDRINE; SERTRALINE; VENLAFAXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; AMPHETAMINES; CANNABINOIDS; COCAINE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CRIME VICTIMS; DNA; FEMALE; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; HUMANS; MALE; N-METHYL-3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; ONTARIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RAPE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 77956649081     PISSN: 1752928X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jflm.2010.05.004     Document Type: Article

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