Sudden death from acute cocaine intoxication in Virginia in 1988.
A review of medical examiners' autopsy records revealed that in 1988, 33 residents of Virginia died of acute cocaine intoxication. The subjects were 19 to 45 years old; most were men, used cocaine intravenously, and used other toxic substances with the lethal dose of cocaine.
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Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville.
Vieweg
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Westerman
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D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000453:epidemiology; D003042:Cocaine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000097:blood / Q000506:poisoning*; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000453:epidemiology; D003645:Death, Sudden; D000431:Ethanol / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006321:Heart / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009929:Organ Size; D011041:Poisoning / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality*; D012737:Sex Factors; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality*; D014768:Virginia / Q000453:epidemiology
D000431:Ethanol; C005618:benzoylecgonine; D003042:Cocaine