Citation

Girre C, Facy F, Lagier G, Dally S. Drug Alcohol Depend. 1988; 21(1): 61-65.

Affiliation

Clinique toxicologique, Hôpital Fernand Widal, Le Vesinet, France.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1988, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/0376-8716(88)90012-9

PMID

2896585

Abstract

In 2021 accident victims (household, work and road accidents) the qualitative test for benzodiazepines in the serum by the EMIT method was positive in 9.6% of cases, including 3.2% of subjects who also had a blood alcohol level greater than 0.10 milligram. Benzodiazepines were detected with a particularly high frequency in household accidents and road accidents and rarely in work accidents. These results raise the problem of the role of benzodiazepines as a possible risk factor for accidents, particularly road accidents.

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