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Suicide and unintentional poisoning mortality trends in the United States, 1987-2006: two unrelated phenomena? [PDF]

, 2010
Background Two counter trends in injury mortality have been separately reported in the US in recent times - a declining suicide rate and a rapidly rising unintentional poisoning mortality rate.
Rockett, Ian, Hobbs, Gerry, De Leo, Diego, Stack, Steven, Frost, James, Ducatman, Alan, Kapusta, Nestor, Walker, Rheeda   +7 more
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At-a-glance - Concurrent monitoring of opioid prescribing practices and opioid-related deaths: the context in Nova Scotia, Canada

Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada, 2018
Timely public health surveillance is required to understand trends in opioid use and harms. Here, opioid dispensing data from the Nova Scotia Prescription Monitoring Program are presented alongside fatality data from the Nova Scotia Medical Examiner ...
Emily Schleihauf, Kirstin Crabtree, Carolyn Dohoo, Sarah Fleming, Heather McPeake, Matthew Bowes   +5 more
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Deaths after police contact in England and Wales: the effects of Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights on coronial practice [PDF]

, 2016
This paper examines the role of coroners in investigating and reporting on cases of death after police contact (DAPC) in England and Wales. It considers how Article 2 (the right to life) of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) has affected ...
David Baker, Davis, Dorries, Fulton, Goldson, Levine, Luce, Matthews, Matthews, Matthews, Mclaughlin, Mok, Scott Bray, Scott Bray, Scraton, Scraton, Scraton, Shaw, Smith, Tarling, Thomas, Wadham, Widdicombe   +22 more
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Variable Classification of Drug-Intoxication Suicides across US States: A Partial Artifact of Forensics?

PLoS ONE, 2015
BackgroundThe 21st-century epidemic of pharmaceutical and other drug-intoxication deaths in the United States (US) has likely precipitated an increase in misclassified, undercounted suicides.
Ian R H Rockett, Gerald R Hobbs, Dan Wu, Haomiao Jia, Kurt B Nolte, Gordon S Smith, Sandra L Putnam, Eric D Caine   +7 more
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Factors associated with reporting multiple causes of death [PDF]

, 2005
Background There is analytical potential for multiple cause of death data collected from death certificates. This study examines relationships of multiple causes of death as a function of factors available on the death certificate (demographics of ...
Melanie M Wall, Jinzhou Huang, John Oswald, Diane McCullen, RA Israel, JA Weed, TL Chorba, WC Hooper, DM Mannino, World Health Organization, DR Glenn, LW Pickle, DM Lloyd-Jones, J Messite   +13 more
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The impacts of governing agency: A comparison of resources in the patchwork of medicolegal death investigation systems

Forensic Science International: Synergy
In the United States, medical examiners and coroners (MECs) fill critical roles within our public health and public safety systems. These professionals are primarily charged with determining the cause and manner of death as they investigate deaths and ...
Hope M. Smiley-McDonald, Kelly A. Keyes, Sean Wire, Kathryn Greenwell, Nelson A. Santos, Jeri D. Ropero-Miller   +5 more
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Evidence synthesis - The opioid crisis in Canada: a national perspective

Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada, 2018
Introduction: This review provides a national summary of what is currently known about the Canadian opioid crisis with respect to opioid-related deaths and harms and potential risk factors as of December 2017.
Lisa Belzak, Jessica Halverson
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The Impact of Improving Suicide Death Classification in South Korea: A Comparison with Japan and Hong Kong [PDF]

, 2015
Introduction The suicide rate of South Korea has increased dramatically during the past decades, as opposed to steadily decreasing trends in Japan and Hong Kong.
Caine, ED, Cha, ES, Chan, CH, Chang, SS, Lee, WJ, Yip, PSF   +5 more
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Opioid Toxicity Following Concomitant Use of Macrolide Antibiotics with Fentanyl, Hydromorphone, or Oxycodone: A Population‐Based Study

Clinical Pharmacology &Therapeutics, EarlyView.
Fentanyl, hydromorphone, and oxycodone are metabolized by cytochrome P450 3A4 (CYP3A4). Co‐administration with CYP3A4‐inhibiting macrolides (clarithromycin or erythromycin) may increase opioid concentrations and overdose risk, but the clinical impact of these interactions is unknown.
Tony Antoniou, Joanna Yang, David N. Juurlink, Joanne M.‐W. Ho, Muhammad Mamdani, Fangyun Wu, Mina Tadrous, Tara Gomes   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Iowa Office of the State Medical Examiner Newsletter, October 31, 2007, no. 3 [PDF]

, 2007
The official newsletter of the Iowa Office of the State Medical ...

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