Document 0762
 DOCN  M9440762
 TI    Drug-related death--an update.
 DT    9404
 AU    Puschel K; Institut fur Rechtszmedizin, Universitat Hamburg, Germany.
 SO    Forensic Sci Int. 1993 Nov;62(1-2):121-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/94131371
 AB    Some epidemiological, morphological and toxicological aspects from a
       continuous prospective study of drug-related fatalities in Hamburg are
       described. The lethal risk for intravenous drug addicts (IVDA) has
       increased (1990: n = 136 drug-related fatalities in Hamburg; 1991: n =
       184). Infectious diseases are common. From the epidemiological point of
       view the HIV-1 prevalence is decreasing; hepatitis C turned out to be a
       serious medical problem for IVDA. The fatal course of the addiction is
       mostly caused by heroin overdosage (sometimes in combination with
       ethyl-alcohol, benzodiazepines and barbiturates); about 40% of the
       fatalities were alcoholized (20% with a blood alcohol concentration of
       more than 1%).
 DE    Alcoholism/BLOOD/COMPLICATIONS/*EPIDEMIOLOGY  Cause of Death  Cohort
       Studies  Female  Forensic Medicine  Germany/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Hepatitis
       B/*EPIDEMIOLOGY/ETIOLOGY  Hepatitis C/*EPIDEMIOLOGY/ETIOLOGY  Human
       *HIV Seroprevalence  *HIV-1  Male  Mass Screening  Multicenter Studies
       *Population Surveillance  Prevalence  Prospective Studies  Substance
       Abuse, Intravenous/COMPLICATIONS/*MORTALITY/PREVENTION  & CONTROL  Urban
       Population  JOURNAL ARTICLE  REVIEW  REVIEW, MULTICASE

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