title: [Fatal self-poisoning in Western Norway in 1978-1987].
abstract: Self-administered poisoning is a common occurrence in a hospital medical department. Fatalities are few when treatment can be given. However, a certain number of deaths do occur outside hospitals--most of them in the patient's home. A forensic examination is usually performed in these cases. In the years 1978-87, 297 deaths from self-administered poisoning were investigated at the Grade Institute, Department of Forensic Medicine, University of Bergen. Alcohol was the most common cause of death. Amongst drug-induced poisonings, tricyclic antidepressants were the most frequent cause of death.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Morild
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000435:Alcoholic Intoxication / Q000401:mortality; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009664:Norway; D011041:Poisoning / Q000401:mortality*; D013405:Suicide / Q000453:epidemiology
vernacular_title: Dødelige, selvpåførte forgiftninger på Vestlandet 1978-87.