Citation

Caplan YH, Ottinger WE, Park J, Smith TD. J. Forensic Sci. 1985; 30(4): 1012-1021.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1985, American Society for Testing and Materials, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

3877783

Abstract

The incidence of drug and chemical related deaths was studied over a six-year period in the State of Maryland. Deaths were classified into the following categories: alcohol, carbon monoxide (CO), single drugs, multiple drugs, and narcotism. The last three categories were further subdivided as to the specific drugs or chemicals involved. Over the six-year period the number of alcohol and CO deaths remained steady, the number of barbiturate and propoxyphene deaths declined, while the number of tricyclic antidepressant drug deaths increased.

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