TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1983//
TI  - The frequency of deaths resulting from the use of drugs and chemicals in Los Angeles County
JO  - Bulletin on narcotics
A1  - Budd, R. D.
A1  - Lindstrom, D. M.
A1  - Griesemer, E. C.
A1  - Noguchi, T. T.
SP  - 41
EP  - 49
VL  - 35
IS  - 1
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0007-523X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -