Fatal poisoning in drug addicts in the Nordic countries in 2012

Forensic Science International

Volumn 248, Issue , 2015, Pages 172-180

  Simonsen, K Wiese ^a   Edvardsen, H M E ^b   Thelander, G ^c   Ojanpera I ^d   Thordardottir, S ^e   Andersen, L V ^f   Kriikku, P ^d   Vindenes, V ^b   Christoffersen, D ^g   Delaveris, G J M ^b,h   Frost, J ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^c National Board of Forensic Medicine   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^f AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^h UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

ⁱ TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Drug addict deaths; Fatal poisonings; Medicinal opioids; New psychoactive substances; Nordic countries

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; ALPRAZOLAM; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BROMAZEPAM; BUPRENORPHINE; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; CLONAZEPAM; CODEINE; DIAMORPHINE; DIAZEPAM; ETIZOLAM; FENTANYL; FLUNITRAZEPAM; ILLICIT DRUG; LORAZEPAM; METHADONE; METHYLPHENIDATE; MIDAZOLAM; NITRAZEPAM; OPIATE; OXAZEPAM; OXYCODONE; PHENAZEPAM; PREGABALIN; TEMAZEPAM; TRAMADOL; TRIAZOLAM; ALCOHOL; CENTRAL DEPRESSANT AGENT; NARCOTIC AGENT; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG INTOXICATION; FATAL POISONING; FEMALE; FINLAND; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; ICELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NORWAY; PREVALENCE; SEX RATIO; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; AGED; DRUG USE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INTOXICATION; SCANDINAVIA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; DRUG USERS; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARCOTICS; POISONING; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; SCANDINAVIAN AND NORDIC COUNTRIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84921885871     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2015.01.003     Document Type: Article

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