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Incidence of drug and alcohol intake in road traffic accident victims
Author(s) -
Vine John,
Watson Thomas R.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1983.tb136248.x
Subject(s) - diazepam , drug , medicine , incidence (geometry) , medical prescription , blood alcohol , alcohol , driving under the influence , environmental health , emergency medicine , medical emergency , poison control , injury prevention , pharmacology , chemistry , biochemistry , physics , optics
The analysis of 425 samples of blood, taken from people killed in motor vehicle accidents, showed that drugs were present in about 10% of samples, whereas alcohol was present in 51%. All drugs identified were available on prescription, and the most commonly found drug was diazepam.