Deaths among Drug Abusers in South-east Scotland (1989-1994)

Medicine, Science and the Law

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 231-236

  Bentley, A J ^a   Busuttil, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; AMPHETAMINE; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; DIAMORPHINE; DIHYDROCODEINE; DIPIPANONE; MEFENAMIC ACID; METHADONE; MORPHINE; NIFEDIPINE; ORGANIC SOLVENT; PENTAZOCINE;

ACCIDENTAL DEATH; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG OVERDOSE; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0029806341     PISSN: 00258024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002580249603600309     Document Type: Article

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