Toxicological analysis of blood and urine samples from female victims of alleged sexual assault

Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 555-561

  Jones, Alan W ^a   Holmgren, Anita ^a   Ahlner, Johan ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF FORENSIC GENETICS AND FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Date rape; Drug use; Ethanol; Sexual assault

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; ALCOHOL; ALPRAZOLAM; AMPHETAMINE DERIVATIVE; CANNABIS; CITALOPRAM; CODEINE; DIAZEPAM; FLUOXETINE; NITROGEN; PARACETAMOL; PHOSPHORUS; PRESCRIPTION DRUG; VENLAFAXINE; ZOPICLONE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG URINE LEVEL; FEMALE; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; HUMAN; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; POLICE; RAPE; SEXUAL CRIME; TOXICOLOGY; URINALYSIS; VICTIM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; SEX OFFENSES;

EID: 84864981472     PISSN: 15563650     EISSN: 15569519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15563650.2012.702217     Document Type: Article

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