Blood-positive illicit-drug findings: Implications for cause-of-death certification, classification and coding

Forensic Science International

Volumn 187, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 14-18

  Lahti, R A ^a   Korpi, H ^b   Vuori, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b Statistics Finland   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cause of death; Cause of death statistics; Death certification; Illicit drug use; Statistical classification; Toxicological findings

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE DERIVATIVE; CANNABINOID; COCAINE; ILLICIT DRUG; OPIATE;

ANATOMICAL THERAPEUTIC CHEMICAL CLASSIFICATION INDEX; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CODING AND CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA BASE; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DRUG INTOXICATION; FINLAND; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; INTOXICATION; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICS; TIME OF DEATH;

EID: 64249101594     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2009.02.007     Document Type: Article

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