Unintentional drowning: Role of medicinal drugs and alcohol.

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Published in BMC Public Health on May 19, 2017

Authors

Tuulia Pajunen1, Erkki Vuori2, Frank F Vincenzi3, Pirjo Lillsunde4, Gordon Smith5, Philippe Lunetta6

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Biomedicine, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, University of Turku, Turku, Finland. t09tpaju@utu.fi.
2: Department of Forensic Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
3: Department of Pharmacology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
4: National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland.
5: Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Maryland, Maryland, USA.
6: Department of Biomedicine, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, University of Turku, Turku, Finland.

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