Prevalence of Drugs and Alcohol Identified in Fatal Work-Related Injuries: A Two Office Experience

Work-related deaths are routinely encountered by medical examiners and it is generally considered standard practice to perform full autopsies including toxicology in these cases. A number of these may show the presence of drugs, alcohol, and/or other toxins in the decedent's blood at the time o...

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