The impact of changing classifications on official fatal poisoning figures

Romanian Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 197-202

  Denissov, Gleb ^a   Tuusov, Jana ^a,c   Tönissort, Mailis ^b,c   Lepik, Delia ^b   Väli, Marika ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH DEVELOPMENT   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^c Estonian Forensic Science Institute   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Death certification; Illicit drugs; International classification of diseases; Mortality; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANALGESIC AGENT; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE; FENTANYL; ILLICIT DRUG; OPIATE; PSYCHOSTIMULANT AGENT; TRANQUILIZER;

ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATE; ESTONIA; FORENSIC SCIENCE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; INTOXICATION; MORTALITY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EID: 84870316757     PISSN: 12218618     EISSN: 18448585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4323/rjlm.2012.197     Document Type: Article

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