DIFFICULTIES IN DETERMINING BLOOD ALCOHOL CONTENT IN ROAD USERS

TESKOCE U UTVRDJIVANJU STUPNJA ALKOHOLIZIRANOSTI UCESNIKA U PROMETU

Difficulties in determining blood alcohol content in 135 cases when a court expertise is called for, are due to the fact that medical records of alcohol-impaired drivers involved in road accidents are often incomplete. The following are some of the shortages of medical records and documentation: absence of urine tests, no blood and urine tests in cases of positive breath-tests, incomplete forms and records (some vital information omitted), no blood samples taken for laboratory tests in hospitals, and some failures in taking samples in autopsies. (TRRL)

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• Corporate Authors:

  Istrazivacki Centar za Medicinu i Psihologiju

  Sarengradska 3
  41000 Zagreb, Croatia,   Yugoslavia 
• Authors:
  • Jelacic, O
  • Arsic, B
• Publication Date: 1987

Language

• Croatian

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 331-336
• Serial:
  • Covjek i Promet
  • Volume: 13
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Istrazivacki Centar za Medicinu i Psihologiju
  • ISSN: 0350-8765

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alcohol breath tests; Blood; Blood alcohol levels; Hospitals; Information management; Information, data, and knowledge; Intoxication; Laboratories; Medical examinations and tests; Tests; Travelers; Urine
• ITRD Terms: 1542: Alcohol test; 2036: Blood; 1553: Blood alcohol content; 2231: Drunkenness; 2177: Hospital; 8555: Information documentation; 6237: Laboratory (not an organization); 2157: Medical examination; 1755: Road user; 6255: Test; 2025: Urine
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00493319
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 30 1990 12:00AM