Accidental drug deaths in Fulton county, Georgia, 2002: Characteristics, case management and certification issues

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 224-230

  Graham, Jason K ^a   Hanzlick, Randy ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Accidental death; Cause of death; Death certification; Drug related death; Manner of death; Medical examiner case management; Poisoning; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BENZOYLECGONINE; COCAINE; OPIATE; CENTRAL DEPRESSANT AGENT; DOPAMINE UPTAKE INHIBITOR; NARCOTIC AGENT;

ACCIDENTAL DEATH; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG OVERDOSE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PRESCRIPTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ACCIDENT; ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; AGED; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CORONER; INFANT; INTOXICATION; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEGRO; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AUTOPSY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COCAINE; CORONERS AND MEDICAL EXAMINERS; DOPAMINE UPTAKE INHIBITORS; ETHANOL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; GEORGIA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARCOTICS; OVERDOSE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 54149106933     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAF.0b013e31817efae1     Document Type: Article

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