Prescription opioid abuse based on representative postmortem toxicology

Forensic Science International

Volumn 245, Issue , 2014, Pages 121-125

  Häkkinen, Margareeta ^a   Vuori, Erkki ^a   Ojanperä, Ilkka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cause of death; Drug abuse; Fatal poisoning; Opioid; Postmortem concentration

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BUPRENORPHINE; CODEINE; FENTANYL; METHADONE; OXYCODONE; TRAMADOL; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ACCIDENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG FATALITY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCRIPTION; SUICIDE; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; DRUG MISUSE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OPIATE ADDICTION; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCIDENTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; FEMALE; FINLAND; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PRESCRIPTION DRUG MISUSE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUICIDE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84916242425     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2014.10.028     Document Type: Article

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