Citation

Worm K, Steentoft A, Toft J. Ugeskr. Laeger 1999; 161(48): 6622-6625.

Vernacular Title

Forgiftningsdodsfald over en 5-arig periode i Ostdanmark.

Affiliation

Københavns Universitet, retskemisk afdeling.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1999, Den Alm Danske Laegerforening)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

10643346

Abstract

In the period 1992-1996, both years included, 1079 cases of deaths from poisoning by drugs or poisons were found by forensic-chemical analyses at The Institute of Forensic Medicine, Dept. of Forensic Chemistry, in Copenhagen, covering a population of 2.4 million. Morphine was by far the most frequently occurring compound accounting for 421 deaths, followed by methadone with 185 deaths. Then alcohol, ketobemidone, and carbon monoxide were represented with 80, 74 and 66 deaths, respectively. Drug addicts dominated in the survey with 549 cases. According to Danish law, autopsy with following chemical analyses must be performed on all dead drug addicts, whereas many other deaths by poisoning are defined only from the medicine found in the vicinity of the dead body.

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