Alcohol and drugs in seriously injured drivers in six European countries

Drug Testing and Analysis

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 156-165

  Legrand, Sara Ann ^a   Isalberti, Cristina ^a   der Linden, Trudy Van ^b   Bernhoft, Inger Marie ^c   Hels, Tove ^c   Simonsen, Kirsten Wiese ^d   Favretto, Donata ^e   Ferrara, Santo Davide ^e   Caplinskiene, Marija ^f   Minkuviene, Zita ^f   Pauliukevicius, Alvydas ^f   Houwing, Sjoerd ^g   Mathijssen, René ^g   Lillsunde, Pirjo ^h   Langel, Kaarina ^h   Blencowe, Tom ^h   Verstraete, Alain G ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b National Institute of Criminalistics and Criminology   (Belgium)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^f VTMT State Forensic Medicine Service under the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Lithuania   (Lithuania)

^g SWOV INSTITUTE FOR ROAD SAFETY RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^h NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Europe; Injured drivers; Prevalence alcohol psychoactive substance

Indexed keywords

TRUCKS;

ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; BELGIUM; BENZODIAZEPINES; BLOOD ALCOHOLS; COMMON FINDINGS; EUROPE; EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; INJURED DRIVER; LITHUANIA; PREVALENCE ALCOHOL/PSYCHOACTIVE SUBSTANCE;

BLOOD;

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; 3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; ALCOHOL; ALPRAZOLAM; AMPHETAMINE; AMPHETAMINE DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CANNABINOID DERIVATIVE; CANNABIS; CLONAZEPAM; COCAINE; CODEINE; DIAZEPAM; FLUNITRAZEPAM; LORAZEPAM; METHADONE; METHAMPHETAMINE; MORPHINE; MORPHINE 6 ACETATE; N ETHYL 3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; NORDAZEPAM; OPIATE; OXAZEPAM; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; ZOLPIDEM; ZOPICLONE;

ACCIDENTAL INJURY; ADULT; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DRUG USE; DRUNKEN DRIVING; EUROPE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; ITALY; LITHUANIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICOLOGY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 84874716746     PISSN: 19427603     EISSN: 19427611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dta.1393     Document Type: Article

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