Toxicology findings in cases of hanging in the City and County of San Francisco over the 3-year period from 2011 to 2013

Forensic Science International

Volumn 255, Issue , 2015, Pages 146-155

  San Nicolas, A C ^a   Lemos, N P ^a  

^a Office of the Chief Medical Examiner   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Asphyxia due to hanging; Cannabis; City and County of San Francisco; Medicolegal death investigation; Postmortem forensic toxicology

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMFEBUTAMONE; AMPHETAMINE; COCAINE; DEXTROMETHORPHAN; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; DOXYLAMINE; HYDROCODONE; METHAMPHETAMINE; MIRTAZAPINE; OLANZAPINE; QUETIAPINE; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL; TRAZODONE; VENLAFAXINE; CENTRAL DEPRESSANT AGENT; NARCOTIC AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ACCIDENTAL DEATH; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; FEMALE; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; HANGING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; ACCIDENT; ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD; CALIFORNIA; CORONER; MORTALITY; NECK INJURY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URINE;

ACCIDENTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASPHYXIA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CHILD; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CORONERS AND MEDICAL EXAMINERS; ETHANOL; FEMALE; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARCOTICS; NECK INJURIES; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAN FRANCISCO; SUICIDE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84942816189     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2015.07.006     Document Type: Article

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