@article{ref1,
title="Epidemiological study of carbon monoxide deaths in Scotland 2007-2016",
journal="Journal of forensic sciences",
year="2018",
author="Lisbona, Claudia Forés and Hamnett, Hilary J.",
volume="63",
number="6",
pages="1776-1782",
abstract="Carbon monoxide (CO) intoxications are quite frequent in forensic toxicology. Using a sample of 209 CO-positive deaths in Scotland from 2007 to 2016, this study provides ranges of percentage CO saturations (%COHb) according to the CO source and examines any correlation with age, gender, alcohol, and preexisting disease. It also reports the full toxicological findings, including drug concentrations, in CO-positive cases. The highest numbers of fatalities involved males, occurred during autumn/winter, and the main source of CO was fire. The median %COHb in fire-related cases was significantly lower than in non-fire-related cases such as those involving exhausts, generators and gas supply systems, and portable BBQs. There was no relationship between %COHb and age, blood alcohol concentration, or the presence of preexisting cardiovascular and/or respiratory disease. Toxicology results revealed that prescription medications were the most commonly detected drug group and that the number of cases positive for controlled drugs was small.<br><br>© 2018 American Academy of Forensic Sciences.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0022-1198",
doi="10.1111/1556-4029.13790",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1556-4029.13790"
}