ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Published Online: 1 January 1974
Page Count: 8

Drug Involvement in Automobile Driver and Pedestrian Fatalities
McBay, AJ
Assistant chief toxicologist, chief toxicologist, and chief medical examiner, Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, N.C.

Hudson, P
Assistant chief toxicologist, chief toxicologist, and chief medical examiner, Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, N.C.

Turk, RF
Assistant chief toxicologist, chief toxicologist, and chief medical examiner, Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, N.C.

(Received 1 March 1973; accepted 10 July 1973)

Abstract

It has been recognized that traffic crashes are one of the leading causes of death in the United States. In many of these traffic deaths drugs are directly or indirectly involved. The drug most commonly encountered is alcohol, but the extent of involvement of other drugs is unknown.

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Paper ID: JFS10074J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS10074J
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