Cocaine-related fatalities in New South Wales, Australia 1993-2002

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 107-114

  Darke, Shane ^a   Kaye, Sharlene ^a   Duflou, Johan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Cocaine; Mortality; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

BENZOYLECGONINE; COCAINE; MORPHINE;

ADULT; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG FATALITY; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COCAINE; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; DEATH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 12344307534     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2004.07.004     Document Type: Article

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