Systemic disease among cases of fatal opioid toxicity

Addiction

Volumn 101, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1299-1305

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b SYDNEY SOUTH WEST AREA HEALTH SERVICE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disease; Mortality; Opioids; Pathology

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; ALCOHOL; AMPHETAMINE DERIVATIVE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BENZOYLECGONINE; CANNABIS; COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; METHADONE; MORPHINE; OPIATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUTOPSY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONER; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG OVERDOSE; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NARCOTIC DEPENDENCE; SUICIDE; SYSTEMIC DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; LIVER DISEASES; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARCOTICS; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; OVERDOSE;

EID: 33746916810     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2006.01495.x     Document Type: Article

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