Family background of drug-related deaths: A descriptive study based on interviews with relatives of deceased drug users

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 960-962

  Risser, Daniele ^a   Bönsch, Anneliese ^a   Schneider, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Austria; drug related death; family; forensic medicine; forensic science; interview; Vienna

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DEATH; DIVORCE; DRUG ABUSE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE; SMOKING;

EID: 0029911045     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs14031j     Document Type: Article

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