Homicidal poisoning. A dying modality of lethal violence?
Review of the experience of the Cuyahoga County (Cleveland, Ohio and its suburbs) Coroner's Office with homicidal poisonings over the past 3 1/2 decades reveals that this modality of felony homicides constitutes but a tiny fraction of the total case load and small percentages of overall homicides and drug- and chemical-caused deaths of all types. These findings are representative of selected medicolegal establishments across the country, as well as in the United States as a whole. Precise definition of the several types of felonious homicidal poisonings is suggested in the interest of clarity and accuracy of statistical data.
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Pathology Department, Cuyahoga County Coroner's Office, Cleveland, Ohio 44106.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006708:Homicide; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009820:Ohio; D011041:Poisoning / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D006113:United Kingdom; D014481:United States