Is there a relationship between street heroin purity and drug-related emergencies and/or drug-related deaths? An analysis from Vienna, Austria

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1171-1176

  Risser, Daniele ^a   Uhl, Alfred ^b   Oberndorfer, Felicitas ^a   Hönigschnabl, Selma ^a   Stichenwirth, Martin ^a   Hirz, Robert ^c   Sebald, Dieter ^d  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Anton Proksch Institute   (Austria)

^c Federal Ministry of the Interior   (Austria)

^d Municipal Ambulance Service   (Austria)

Author keywords

Forensic science; Heroin related deaths; Heroin related emergencies; Purity of street heroin

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; DIAMORPHINE; LACTOSE; PARACETAMOL;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEATH; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG PURITY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ADULT; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; AUSTRIA; CAFFEINE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; DRUG CONTAMINATION; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; HEROIN; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; LACTOSE; MALE; NARCOTICS; STREET DRUGS; SWEETENING AGENTS;

EID: 34548354939     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2007.00507.x     Document Type: Article

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