Fatal injuries while under the influence of psychoactive drugs: A cross-sectional exploratory study in England

BMC Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Oyefeso, Adenekan ^a   Schifano, Fabrizio ^a   Ghodse, Hamid ^a   Cobain, Kathryn ^a   Dryden, Ruth ^a   Corkery, John ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CANNABIS; COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; METHADONE; OPIATE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; NARCOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; AUTOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG INTOXICATION; ETHNOLOGY; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; TOXICOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA; ACCIDENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CLASSIFICATION; COMPLICATION; CORONER; DROWNING; HOMICIDE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PSYCHOLOGY; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDE; TOXICITY;

ACCIDENTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; ASPHYXIA; AUTOPSY; CORONERS AND MEDICAL EXAMINERS; DEATH CERTIFICATES; DROWNING; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARCOTICS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33746547261     PISSN: 14712458     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-6-148     Document Type: Article

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