Drug toxicity deaths after release from incarceration in Ontario, 2006-2013: Review of coroner's cases

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2016, Pages

  Groot, Emily ^a   Kouyoumdjian, Fiona G ^b   Kiefer, Lori ^c,d   Madadi, Parvaz ^e   Gross, Jeremy ^f   Prevost, Brittany ^f   Jhirad, Reuven ^c   Huyer, Dirk ^c   Snowdon, Victoria ^c   Persaud, Navindra ^b,c,d  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services Centre of Forensic Sciences   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; FENTANYL; HYDROMORPHONE; METHADONE; METHAMPHETAMINE; MORPHINE; OPIATE; OXYCODONE; QUETIAPINE;

ACCIDENTAL DEATH; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONER; DRUG INTOXICATION; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PRISONER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUICIDE; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; DRUG OVERDOSE; ONTARIO; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PRISON; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CORONERS AND MEDICAL EXAMINERS; DRUG OVERDOSE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PRISONERS; PRISONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84978159853     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0157512     Document Type: Article

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