Synthetic cannabinoid drug use as a cause or contributory cause of death

Forensic Science International

Volumn 260, Issue , 2016, Pages 31-39

  Labay, Laura M ^a   Caruso, James L ^b   Gilson, Thomas P ^c   Phipps, Rebecca Jufer ^d   Knight, Laura D ^e   Lemos, Nikolas P ^f   McIntyre, Iain M ^g   Stoppacher, Robert ^h   Tormos, Lee Marie ⁱ   Weins, Andrea L ^j   Williams, Erica ^k   Logan, Barry K ^a  

^a NMS Labs   (United States)

^b City and County of Denver   (United States)

^c Cuyahoga County Regional Forensic Science Laboratory   (United States)

^d OFFICE OF THE CHIEF MEDICAL EXAMINER   (United States)

^e SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office   (United States)

^h Onondaga County Medical Examiner's Office   (United States)

ⁱ MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^j Office of the Chief Medical Examiner Oklahoma   (United States)

^k Chester and Montgomery Counties   (United States)

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Author keywords

Cause and manner of death; Postmortem; Synthetic cannabinoids; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

CANNABINOID; DESIGNER DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE FINDING; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; POSTMORTEM CHANGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; COMPLICATION; CORONER; DELIRIUM; DRUG DEPENDENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HEART DISEASE; INJURY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CANNABINOIDS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONERS AND MEDICAL EXAMINERS; DELIRIUM; DESIGNER DRUGS; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84954341704     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2015.12.046     Document Type: Article

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