The frequency of alcohol, illicit and licit drug consumption in the general driving population in South-East Hungary

Forensic Science International

Volumn 224, Issue 1-3, 2013, Pages 37-43

  Institóris, László ^a   Tóth, Anita Réka ^a   Molnár, Attila ^b   Árok, Zsófia ^a   Kereszty, Éva ^a   Varga, Tibor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b Police Headquarters of County Csongrád   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Illicit drugs; Licit drugs; Oral fluid; Roadside survey

Indexed keywords

7 AMINO CLONAZEPAM; ALCOHOL; ALPRAZOLAM; AMPHETAMINE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BENZOYLECGONINE; CLONAZEPAM; COCAINE; CODEINE; DIAZEPAM; ILLICIT DRUG; KETAMINE; LORAZEPAM; METHADONE; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; NITRAZEPAM; NORDAZEPAM; OPIATE DERIVATIVE; OXAZEPAM; TEMAZEPAM; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL; TRAMADOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZOLPIDEM; ZOPICLONE;

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVING ABILITY; DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF DRUGS ALCOHOL AND MEDICINES; DRUG USE; EUROPE; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUNGARY; INCIDENCE; LIQUID; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NYSTAGMUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; ROMBERG TEST; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPRING; SUMMER; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; WINTER;

EID: 84872370752     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2012.10.022     Document Type: Article

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