... and decline of homicide—and why . Annu Rev Public Health   0163-7525 2000 ; 21 : 505 – 41 . forensic science homicide drug use alcohol epidemiology 16 07 2004 16 10 2004 05 01 2005 J Forensic Sci, Mar. 2005, Vol. 50, No. 2 Paper ID JFS2004287 Available online...

... in the same categories respectively. Prevention and care should be reinforced in the pre-release period without waiting more epidemiological data. 16 01 2003 13 01 2003 01 05 2003 forensic science mortality prisoners epidemiology injecting drug use overdose References...

... psychoactive drugs used for suicide followed by antipsychotic drugs, antidepressants, and barbiturates (10%). 30 06 1997 01 12 1997 16 12 1997 forensic sciences suicide youth epidemiology References Brent   D A , Perper   J A , Moritz   G , Liotus   L , Schweers...

..., to have received medical treatment immediately before death, to have survived for a longer period, to have developed hyperthermia, and to have died in summer months. EDDs had concentrations of cocaine and benzoylecgonine in autopsy blood that were similar to those for controls. The epidemiologic findings...

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... on the epidemiological characteristics and pathological findings of victims of fatal drug abuse in Maryland investigated by the OCME in 1992 and 1993. A retrospective study of OCME cases in 1992 and 1993 yielded a total of 605 deaths caused by drugs of abuse. 426 deaths were the result of narcotic drug use, 66 deaths...

... was to analyze the epidemiological and autopsy data in homicides in children in Paris and its suburbs during the past four years. We have included children from a few days after birth to 14 years of age. We report on 81 cases during the following period (17 in 1990; 14 in 1991; 16 in 1992; and 34 in 1993...

... detected antibodies in most samples of fresh whole blood, bile and in most of the vitreous samples, but was less useful on stored specimens. KEYWORDS: pathology and biology, AIDS, HIV, epidemiology, homosexuality, autopsy, vitreous fluid, bile Testing for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antibodies...

...P Fornes, M.D.; D Lecomte, M.D.; G Nicolas, M.D. Many epidemiological, clinical, and autopsy studies have demonstrated that the risk of sudden coronary death (SCD) is linked to the severity of coronary atherosclerotic lesions and to their thrombotic potential. However it remains unknown why some...

... like Finland. Such testing has none of the ethical problems of many other back-up surveys, and may be particularly sensitive to early changes in epidemiology. References Pönkä , A. , “ Fewer New Cases of HIV Infection in Helsinki ,” Infection   0300-8126 , Vol. 18 , No. 1 , Jan.–Feb. 1990...

... after death (data not shown). The mean lung weight, often used as an endpoint in opiate epidemiological studies, was 726 + 187 g for the fentanyl victims (range, 300 to 121)0 g). This is lower than that typically found in heroin overdose deaths. Levine and Grimes found an average lung weight of 800 g...

...C Conroy, Ph.D., M.P.H.; JC Russell, Ph.D., M.P.H. Epidemiologic research often relies on existing data, collected for nonepidemiologic reasons, to support studies. Data are obtained from hospital records, police reports, labor reports, death certificates, or other sources. Medical examiner/coroner...

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... dentistry, epidemiology Forms of mutilation of children have been recorded over the centuries as part of religious or ethnic traditions [1]. Ritualistic killing, maiming, and severe punishment of children in attempts to educate them, exploit them, or to sometimes rid them of evil spirits have also been part...

...DJ Crouch, B.S.; MA Peat, Ph.D.; DM Chinn; BS Finkle, Ph.D. To collect useful epidemiological data about drug involvement in highway safety, it is essential that sensitive and specific analytical procedures be used to establish the presence of and to determine the concentrations of drugs...