A review of suspected cases of driving under the influence of drugs (DUID) involved in traffic accidents in Istanbul (Turkey)

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 626-631

  Acar, Fatih ^a   Asirdizer, Mahmut ^b   Aker, Rezzan Gulhan ^a,c   Kucukibrahimoglu, E Esra ^c   Ates, Ismail ^a   Erol, Yeter ^a   Sahin, Aysegul ^a  

^a Toxicology Division ^*  (Turkey)

^b CELAL BAYAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Drugs; Roadside tests; Traffic accidents; Turkish traffic regulations; Zero tolerance

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMPHETAMINE DERIVATIVE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CANNABINOID; CANNABIS; COCAINE; OPIATE; PENTOBARBITAL; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; THIOPENTAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; DRIVING ABILITY; DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF DRUG; DRUG USE; DRUNKEN DRIVING; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ALCOHOL; DRUGS; ROADSIDE TESTS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS; TURKISH TRAFFIC REGULATIONS; ZERO TOLERANCE;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMPHETAMINES; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; BARBITURATES; BENZODIAZEPINES; CANNABINOIDS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; COCAINE; ETHANOL; FEMALE; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892907395     PISSN: 1752928X     EISSN: 18787487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jflm.2013.03.028     Document Type: Article

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