Fatal poisoning in the region of Epirus, Greece, during the period 1998-2004

Journal of Clinical Forensic Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 6-8, 2006, Pages 321-325

  Vougiouklakis, Theodore ^a   Boumba, Vassiliki A ^a   Mitselou, Antigony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Carbon monoxide; Corrosives; Drugs of abuse; Fatal poisoning; Greece; Pesticides; Prescription drugs

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; PESTICIDE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FATALITY; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; INTOXICATION; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; SUICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOPSY; CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; PESTICIDES; POISONING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; STREET DRUGS; SUICIDE;

EID: 33750033229     PISSN: 13531131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcfm.2006.06.009     Document Type: Article

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