Prevalence of ethanol and illicit drugs in road traffic accidents in the centre of Portugal: An eighteen-year update

Forensic Science International

Volumn 216, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 37-43

  Costa, Nádia ^a   Silva, Rosário ^a   Mendonça, Cristina M ^a,b,c   Real, Francisco Corte ^a,b,c   Vieira, Duarte Nuno ^a,b,c   Teixeira, Helena M ^a,b,c,d  

^a National Institute of Legal Medicine   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^d University of Porto   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Centre of Portugal; Ethanol and drugs of abuse; Road traffic accidents

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CANNABINOID; ILLICIT DRUG; OPIATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CAR; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVER; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LAW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; MOTORCYCLE; PORTUGAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 84857501375     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2011.08.013     Document Type: Article

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