Patterns of drugs & poisons in southern area of South Korea in 2014
Highlights • Patterns of drugs & poisons in southern area of Korea in 2014 were investigated. • 2.5% of total autopsy cases were drug intoxication or poison as the cause of death. • The most frequently detected drug was chlorpheniramine in postmortem blood. • Methamphetamine is the most commonly...
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Published in | Forensic science international Vol. 269; pp. 50 - 55 |
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Main Authors | , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
Ireland
Elsevier B.V
01.12.2016
Elsevier Limited |
Subjects | |
Online Access | Get full text |
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Summary: | Highlights • Patterns of drugs & poisons in southern area of Korea in 2014 were investigated. • 2.5% of total autopsy cases were drug intoxication or poison as the cause of death. • The most frequently detected drug was chlorpheniramine in postmortem blood. • Methamphetamine is the most commonly abused drug in southern area of South Korea. • The present data support the detection patterns of drugs & poisons in South Korea. |
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Bibliography: | ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 |
ISSN: | 0379-0738 1872-6283 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.forsciint.2016.10.024 |