The incidence of alcohol and other drugs in drivers killed in New Zealand road crashes 2004-2009

Forensic Science International

Volumn 223, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 364-370

  Poulsen, Helen ^a   Moar, Rosemary ^a   Troncoso, Carolina ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Cannabis; Drugged driving; New Zealand; Road fatalities

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; 4 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; 8 CHLORO 2,3,4,5 TETRAHYDRO 5 (4 IODOPHENYL) 3 METHYL 1H 3 BENZAZEPIN 7 OL; ALCOHOL; AMPHETAMINE; BROMAZEPAM; CANNABIS; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; CODEINE; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; DIAZEPAM; ILLICIT DRUG; LYSERGIDE; METHADONE; METHAMPHETAMINE; METHYLPHENIDATE; MORPHINE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; OXYCODONE; PHENYTOIN; PSEUDOEPHEDRINE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; TEMAZEPAM; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL; TOLUENE; TRAMADOL; TRIAZOLAM; UNINDEXED DRUG; ZOPICLONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVER; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; DRUG LEGISLATION; DRUNKEN DRIVING; FEMALE; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MULTIPLE DRUG ABUSE; NEW ZEALAND; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 84870292207     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2012.10.026     Document Type: Article

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