We analyzed US multiple cause-of-death data for 2003–2006 for demographic and clinical determinants for autopsy in unexplained deaths possibly resulting from infectious causes.
Lindy Liu+3 more
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Factors associated with not seeking professional help or disclosing intent prior to suicide : A study of medical examiners' records in Nova Scotia [PDF]
Individual-level data from clinical settings lack information on people who did not seek professional help prior to suicide. We used records of the Nova Scotia Medical Examiner Service (NSMES) to compare people who had contact with a health professional ...
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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]
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+22 more
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Fatal Infectious Disease Surveillance in a Medical Examiner Database
Increasing infectious disease deaths, the emergence of new infections, and bioterrorism have made surveillance for infectious diseases a public health concern.
Mitchell I. Wolfe+2 more
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Substance-Related Acute Toxicity Deaths in Canada From 2016 to 2017: Protocol for a Retrospective Chart Review Study of Coroner and Medical Examiner Files. [PDF]
Rotondo J+15 more
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Relation of Microstreams in the Polar Solar Wind to Switchbacks and Coronal X-ray Jets [PDF]
Ulysses data obtained at high solar latitudes during periods of minimum solar activity in 1994 and 2007 are examined to determine the relation between velocity structures called microstreams and folds in the magnetic field called switchbacks. A high correlation is found.
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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+7 more
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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+5 more
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Coronal-Jet-Producing Minifilament Eruptions as a Possible Source of Parker Solar Probe (PSP) Switchbacks [PDF]
The Parker Solar Probe (PSP) has observed copious rapid magnetic field direction changes in the near-Sun solar wind. These features have been called "switchbacks," and their origin is a mystery. But their widespread nature suggests that they may be generated by a frequently occurring process in the Sun's atmosphere.
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Understanding unidentified human remains investigations through the United States census data
Each year, thousands of unidentified human remains (UHR) cases are reported in the U.S. Technological advances have greatly enhanced the forensic community's capacity and capability to solve UHR cases, but little is known about the extent to which these ...
Ashley L. Rodriguez+7 more
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