Trends and pattern of drug abuse deaths in Maryland teenagers

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1029-1033

  Li, Ling ^a,b,c   Zhang, Xiang ^b   Levine, Berry ^b   Li, Guohua ^d,e   Zielke, H Ronald ^c   Fowler, David R ^a,b,c  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF POLITICAL SCIENCE AND LAW   (China)

^b OFFICE OF THE CHIEF MEDICAL EXAMINER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Drug abuse death; Epidemiology; Forensic pathology; Forensic science; Teenagers; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; BUTANE; CHLOROFLUOROCARBON; COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY; METHADONE; MORPHINE; NARCOTIC AGENT; NITROUS OXIDE; PROPANE;

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CAUCASIAN; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; MYOCARDITIS; NEGRO; PATHOLOGY; PNEUMONIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BUTANES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS, METHANE; COCAINE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEROIN; HIV ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; MALE; MARYLAND; METHADONE; MORPHINE; MYOCARDITIS; N-METHYL-3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; NARCOTICS; NITROUS OXIDE; PNEUMONIA; PROPANE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 79960059860     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2011.01743.x     Document Type: Article

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