Prevalence of prescription and illicit drugs in pregnancy-associated non-natural deaths of florida mothers, 1999-2005

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1536-1541

  Hardt, Nancy ^a   Wong, Tit D ^b   Burt, Martha J ^a   Harrison, Ross ^c   Winter, Will ^d   Roth, Jeffrey ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b West Virginia Bureau for Public Health   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Forensic science; Opioid; Overdose mortality; Pregnant women; Prescription drugs poisoning; Substance abuse

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CENTRAL DEPRESSANT AGENT; DRUG; OPIATE; STREET DRUG;

ADDICTION; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONER; DRUG OVERDOSE; FEMALE; FORENSIC SCIENCE; HUMAN; INJURY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MORTALITY; OVERDOSE/MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS/POISONING; STATISTICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

FORENSIC SCIENCE; OPIOID; OVERDOSE/MORTALITY; PREGNANT WOMEN; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS/POISONING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; CAUSE OF DEATH; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CORONERS AND MEDICAL EXAMINERS; DRUG OVERDOSE; ETHANOL; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HUMANS; MATERNAL DEATH; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PREGNANCY; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84886750862     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1556-4029.12219     Document Type: Article

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