@article{ref1,
title="The frequency of deaths resulting from the use of drugs and chemicals in Los Angeles County",
journal="Bulletin on narcotics",
year="1983",
author="Budd, R. D. and Lindstrom, D. M. and Griesemer, E. C. and Noguchi, T. T.",
volume="35",
number="1",
pages="41-49",
abstract="A study of the frequency of deaths resulting from the use of drugs and chemicals in Los Angeles County in the period 1947--1980 indicated that there was a substantial increase in the number of such deaths in 1968/69. This trend continued until 1976/77 when the number of deaths decreased, and the declining trend continued until 1979/80. An additional study in the period 1974--1981, based on the analyses of 35 drugs in biological samples taken in autopsies, showed that those drugs were more often present in overdose cases of death than in drug-related cases of death where drugs were not directly responsible fo the occurrence of death. Ethanol and phencyclidine were, however, more frequently found in drug-related cases of death.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0007-523X",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}