The incidence of acute cocaine or methamphetamine intoxication in deaths due to ruptured cerebral (berry) aneurysms

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 626-628

  Davis, Gregory G ^a,b   Swalwell, Christopher I ^c  

^a Jefferson County Coroner Medical Examiner   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c Office of the Medical Examiner   (United States)

Author keywords

berry aneurysm; cerebral aneurysm; cocaine; forensic medicine; forensic pathology; forensic science; methamphetamine; saccular aneurysm; subarachnoid hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; METHAMPHETAMINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM RUPTURE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; FORENSIC SCIENCE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; INTOXICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TOXICOLOGY;

EID: 0029894870     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs13965j     Document Type: Article

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