Citation

Wright N. Clin. Toxicol. (Dekker) 1980; 16(3): 381-384.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1980, M Dekker)

DOI

10.3109/15563658008989963

PMID

7398227

Abstract

A comparison was made between the history of drugs taken by self-poisoned patients and the drugs detected in the urine from the same patients by laboratory screening procedures. The results coincided exactly in less than half of the patients, and the major tendency was to exaggerate the number of substances taken. It is concluded that drug histories are unreliable and that corroborating evidence should be sought.

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