271 Unintentional drowning and psychoactive substances
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Novel psychoactive substances.
There has been a significant increase in the number of new intoxicants on the illegal drugs market globally, also in Norway. The substances are given the name NPS: Novel Psychoactive Substances, and are mainly sold over the Internet. Uncertain dosage of potent substances entails a risk of accidental overdose, and therefore serious intoxication and death. In this article we provide an overview o...
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The article by Bastos et al 1 (2008), published in the Re-vista de Saúde Pública, forms an important contribution towards studies on the use of psychoactive substances and their relationship with behavior leading to risks to sexual and reproductive health. As the authors emphasize in their introduction, there are many health problems relating to the use of alcohol and other substances, which ma...
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BACKGROUND Alcohol is a well-known risk factor in unintentional drownings. Whereas psychotropic drugs, like alcohol, may cause psychomotor impairment and affect cognition, no detailed studies have focused on their association with drowning. Finland provides extensive post-mortem toxicological data for studies on drowning because of its high medico-legal autopsy rates. METHODS Drowning cases, ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Injury Prevention
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1353-8047,1475-5785
DOI: 10.1136/injuryprev-2016-042156.271