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T1 Presence of illegal drugs in drivers involved in fatal road traffic accidents in Spain
A1 Río, María del Carmen del
A1 Álvarez González, Francisco Javier
K1 Drogas - Conducción - Riesgos
AB This study investigated the presence of illegal drugs in the blood of 285 fatally injured drivers in Spain. Illegal drugs weredetected in 10.2% of all samples. Illicit drugs alone were detected in 2.5% and together with other substances in 7.7%. Cocainewas the most common drug detected. The mean number (9S.D.) of substances detected was 2.691.2: consisting of 46 illegaldrugs, 14 alcohol cases and 16 medicines. Three concentration levels of the different substances have been established: low,medium and high-toxic. In 68.9% of the samples in which an illegal drug was detected, a substance was also found at thehigh-toxic level. The results show that illegal drugs are commonly detected in road accident victims.
PB Elsevier
SN 0376-8716
YR 2000
FD 2000
LK http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/15669
UL http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/15669
LA eng
NO Drug and Alcohol Dependence, (2000);57(3) 177–182
NO Producción Científica
DS UVaDOC
RD 22-nov-2024