Patterns of psychoactive substance detection from routine toxicology of suicides in Mobile, Alabama, between 1990 and 1998

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 64, Issue 2-3, 2001, Pages 167-174

  Dhossche, Dirk M ^a   Rich, Charles L ^a   Ghani, Shareh O ^b   Isacsson, Göran ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Evergreen Medical Center   (United States)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Psychoactive substance; Suicide; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CANNABIS; COCAINE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CADAVER; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALABAMA; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDE; TOXICOLOGY;

EID: 0035054402     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0327(00)00248-2     Document Type: Article

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