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Alcohol and drugs in drivers fatally injured in traffic accidents in Sweden during the years 2000-2002
(L'alcool et les drogues chez des conducteurs blessés mortellement dans des accidents de la route en Suède durant les années 2000-2002)
Auteur(s) :
HOLMGREN, P. ;
HOLMGREN, A. ;
AHLNER, J.
Année
2005
Page(s) :
11-17
Langue(s) :
Français
Refs biblio. :
15
Domaine :
Plusieurs produits / Several products
Discipline :
EPI (Epidémiologie / Epidemiology)
Thésaurus mots-clés
TOXICOLOGIE
;
ACCIDENT
;
CONDUITE DE VEHICULE
;
ALCOOL
;
MORT
;
PRODUIT ILLICITE
;
AMPHETAMINE
;
ALCOOLEMIE
;
MEDICAMENTS
Thésaurus géographique
SUEDE
Note générale :
Forensic Science International, 2005, 151, (1), 11-17
Note de contenu :
tabl.
Résumé :
ENGLISH :
During the years 2000-2002, alcohol, pharmaceuticals and illicit drugs were analysed in blood samples from fatally injured drivers in Sweden. The total number of drivers was 920 and in 855 of these, corresponding to 93%, a toxicological investigation was performed. About 85% of the drivers were men and 15% were women. All but three women (96%) were car drivers while the corresponding figure for men was about 78% and about 13% were motorcyclists. The number of positive cases increased from 38.9% in year 2000 to 45.9% in year 2002 and alcohol was the most common drug with frequencies of 19.8%, 25.0% and 21.8% for the studied years 2000, 2001 and 2002, respectively. The median blood alcohol concentration ranged from 1.6 to 2.0mg/mL for men and from 1.2 to 1.8 mg/mL for women. There was a decrease in cases where alcohol was the only drug detected, from 52 out of 58 cases (90%) in year 2000 to 41 out of 61 cases (67%) in 2002. At the same time there was an increase, from 5.4% to 10.0% of illicit drugs, mainly amphetamine, and the cases with multiple drug intake increased from 10% to 26%. The prevalence of pharmaceuticals as the only drug or drugs detected decreased from 14.0% to 10.4% and in the majority of these cases the drug concentrations were within the therapeutic range. (Author' s abstract)
Affiliation :
Dpt of Forensic Chemistry, National Board of Forensic Medicine, Univ. Hospital, S-58185 Linköping
Suède. Sweden.
Suède. Sweden.
Cote :
A02349