Drug prevalence in drowning deaths in Cuyahoga County, Ohio: A ten-year retrospective study

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 240-243

  Gorniak, Jan M ^a   Jenkins, Amanda J ^a   Felo, Joseph A ^a   Balraj, Elizabeth ^a  

^a Office of the Cuyahoga County Coroner   (United States)

Author keywords

Death investigation; Drowning; Drugs of abuse; Substance abuse; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ILLICIT DRUG;

ACCIDENT; ACCIDENTAL DEATH; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; DROWNING; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; SUICIDE; TOXICOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DROWNING; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OHIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 24644487276     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.paf.0000176280.74666.ab     Document Type: Review

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