TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - Evaluation of forensic autopsy cases with substance use detected in Izmir, Turkey
JO  - Journal of ethnicity in substance abuse
A1  - Tunçez, Ferhat Turgut
A1  - Sehlikoğlu, Kerem
A1  - Bilgin, Umut Erdar
A1  - Tokdemir, Mehmet
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - Using postmortem toxicological analyses, we aimed to determine the origin and cause of death and type of substance used in substance use-related deaths. A total of 7475 autopsies were performed between January 2015 and December 2017 in İzmir, Turkey. In our retrospective analysis, substance use was detected in 449 (6.0%) autopsies. The majority (96.4%) were male. The most frequent deaths (18.5%) occurred in the 25-29 age group. Of the 55.2% of the cases that died of unnatural causes, accident-related events (22.9%) were most frequent. Trauma/injury caused death in 37.0% of cases and substance intoxication in 24.7%. Cannabis use was detected in 34.3% of the samples, and multiple substance use in 25.4%. Accordingly, It is thought that a multidisciplinary approach can be successful in preventing substance use and related problems.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1533-2640
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15332640.2022.2068721
ID  - ref1
ER  -