Sudden death from acute cocaine intoxication in Virginia in 1988.
case_series · Level IV
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Abstract
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.
Medical subject headings
- Cocaine
- Death, Sudden
- Poisoning
- Substance-Related Disorders