Recommendations for toxicological investigation of drug-impaired driving and motor vehicle fatalities

Journal of Analytical Toxicology

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 552-558

  Logan, Barry K ^a,b   Lowrie, Kayla J ^a   Turri, Jennifer L ^a   Yeakel, Jillian K ^a   Limoges, Jennifer F ^c   Miles, Amy K ^d   Scarneo, Colleen E ^e   Kerrigan, Sarah ^f   Farrell, Laurel J ^g  

^a Fredric Rieders Fam Renaiss Found   (United States)

^b NMS Labs   (United States)

^c New York State Police Forensic Investigation Center   (United States)

^d WISCONSIN STATE LABORATORY OF HYGIENE   (United States)

^e Division of State Police Forensic Laboratory   (United States)

^f SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g Toxicologist Consultant   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALPRAZOLAM; AMPHETAMINE; BUTALBITAL; CARISOPRODOL; CITALOPRAM; CLONAZEPAM; COCAINE; CODEINE; DIAZEPAM; DIHYDROCODEINE; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; HYDROCODONE; HYDROMORPHONE; LORAZEPAM; MEPROBAMATE; METHADONE; METHAMPHETAMINE; MORPHINE; MORPHINE 6 ACETATE; NORDAZEPAM; OXYCODONE; OXYMORPHONE; PHENCYCLIDINE; PSEUDOEPHEDRINE; TEMAZEPAM; TRAMADOL; TRAZODONE; UNINDEXED DRUG; ZOLPIDEM;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG USE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FATALITY; FORENSIC SCIENCE; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; LABORATORY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MOTOR VEHICLE; PREVALENCE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; SALIVA; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84888870195     PISSN: 01464760     EISSN: 19452403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jat/bkt059     Document Type: Article

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