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Volume 153, Issue 1 , Pages 11-15 , 4 October 2005

Concentration of drugs in blood of suspected impaired drivers

Marc Augsburger
- Institut Universitaire de Médecine Légale, Rue du Bugnon 21, 1005 Lausanne, Switzerland
- Corresponding author. Tel.: +41 21 314 70 85; fax: +41 21 314 73 29.
Nicolas Donzé
- Consilia, Laboratoires et Conseils Médicaux S.A., Grand Champsec 86, 1950 Sion, Switzerland
Annick Ménétrey
- Institut Universitaire de Médecine Légale, Rue du Bugnon 21, 1005 Lausanne, Switzerland
Clarisse Brossard
- Institut Universitaire de Médecine Légale, Rue du Bugnon 21, 1005 Lausanne, Switzerland
Frank Sporkert
- Institut Universitaire de Médecine Légale, Rue du Bugnon 21, 1005 Lausanne, Switzerland
Christian Giroud
- Institut Universitaire de Médecine Légale, Rue du Bugnon 21, 1005 Lausanne, Switzerland
Patrice Mangin
- Institut Universitaire de Médecine Légale, Rue du Bugnon 21, 1005 Lausanne, Switzerland

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