The Cuyahoga County Heroin Epidemic

Academic Forensic Pathology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 109-113

  Gilson, Thomas ^a   Herby, Camille ^b   Naso Kaspar, Claire ^c  

^a Medical Examiner for Cuyahoga County and Executive Cuyahoga County Regional Forensic Science Laboratory   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner's Office   (United States)

Author keywords

Forensic pathology; Heroin; Opioid pain reliever; Public health

Indexed keywords

EID: 85059646948     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19253621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.23907/2013.018     Document Type: Article

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