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| Ingebjørg GustavsenSummaryAffiliation: Norwegian Institute of Public Health Country: Norway Publications
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Individual psychomotor impairment in relation to zopiclone and ethanol concentrations in blood--a randomized controlled double-blinded trialIngebjørg Gustavsen
Forensic Medicine and Drug Abuse Research, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
Addiction 107:925-32. 2012..To investigate individual traffic-relevant impairment related to measured blood zopiclone and ethanol concentrations. Also, we aimed to study possible development of acute tolerance...
Road traffic accident risk related to prescriptions of the hypnotics zopiclone, zolpidem, flunitrazepam and nitrazepamIngebjørg Gustavsen
Division of Forensic Toxicology and Drug Abuse, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
Sleep Med 9:818-22. 2008..We wanted to investigate whether filling a prescription for zopiclone or zolpidem was associated with increased risk of road traffic accidents at a national population level. Nitrazepam and flunitrazepam were used as comparator drugs...
Impairment related to blood drug concentrations of zopiclone and zolpidem compared to alcohol in apprehended driversIngebjørg Gustavsen
Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Division of Forensic Toxicology and Drug Abuse, PO Box 4404 Nydalen, 0403 Oslo, Norway
Accid Anal Prev 41:462-6. 2009..We compared these groups of drivers to a group suspected of alcohol-related impairment...
Psychomotor performance after intake of zopiclone compared with intake of ethanol: a randomized, controlled, double-blinded trialIngebjørg Gustavsen
Division of Forensic Toxicology and Drug Abuse, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
J Clin Psychopharmacol 31:481-8. 2011..074%. No test components were impaired at 6.5 hours after intake...
Impairment related to blood amphetamine and/or methamphetamine concentrations in suspected drugged driversIngebjørg Gustavsen
Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Division of Forensic Toxicology and Drug Abuse, Norway
Accid Anal Prev 38:490-5. 2006..Despite the performance enhancing qualities of amphetamines demonstrated in some low dose laboratory experiments; this study revealed a positive relationship between blood amphetamines concentration and traffic related impairment...
Comparison of zopiclone concentrations in oral fluid sampled with Intercept(®) oral specimen collection device and Statsure Saliva Sampler™ and concentrations in bloodHallvard Gjerde
Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Division of Forensic Toxicology and Drug Abuse, P O Box 4404 Nydalen, NO 0403 Oslo, Norway
J Anal Toxicol 34:590-3. 2010..35. The results indicate that the type of sampling device may significantly affect the analytical result for zopiclone in sampled oral fluid...
The concentrations, appearance and taste of nine sedating drugs dissolved in four different beveragesVigdis Olsen
Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Division of Forensic Toxicology and Drug Abuse, PO Box 4404, Nydalen, 0403 Oslo, Norway
Forensic Sci Int 151:171-5. 2005..The ingestion of all solutions could probably have caused impairment. All the nine drugs were, however, apparent to the consumer from the altered appearance and/or taste of the beverages...
