Sander R, Ryser M A, Lamoreaux T C, Raleigh K
J Forensic Sci. 1985 Apr;30(2):478-84.
This article describes 15 cocaine associated deaths in Utah in a 3 1/2-month period in early 1984, compared to 6 cocaine associated deaths for all of 1983. Brief case histories of the 15 cases are presented along with data on age, sex, county of death, cause of death, association of the cocaine with the death, cocaine analytical methodology, and a summary of cocaine concentrations in blood and urine. In four of the cases, cocaine by injection was the cause of death, whereas the other cases had cocaine or metabolite detected incidentally. The epidemiology of a single, well-defined cocaine source is described and related to this transient, remarkable increase in cocaine associated deaths.
本文描述了1984年初3个半月时间里犹他州15例与可卡因相关的死亡案例，而1983年全年仅有6例与可卡因相关的死亡案例。文中呈现了这15个案例的简要病史，以及关于年龄、性别、死亡所在县、死因、可卡因与死亡的关联、可卡因分析方法，还有血液和尿液中可卡因浓度的总结数据。在其中4例中，注射可卡因是死因，而其他案例是偶然检测到可卡因或其代谢物。本文描述了单一、明确的可卡因来源的流行病学情况，并将其与可卡因相关死亡案例的这一短暂且显著的增加联系起来。
