This study examines the quality of street heroin seized in Vienna in 1999 and whether there
was a relationship between the purity of street heroin and the number of heroin‐related …

To determine the effects of a sudden and sustained reduction in heroin purity on the
toxicology of heroin overdose, 959 consecutive heroin overdose cases autopsied at the …

Aims. To investigate the quality of heroin seized in Vienna between 1987 and 1995 and to
examine whether there was a relationship between the quality of heroin and the rate of drug …

Abstract Changes in the content of impurities, adulterants and diluents are described for 383
samples of illicit heroin seized in the western part of Denmark during the 12-year period …

Turkey has continuously experienced problems with abuse of, and addiction to, opium
derivatives. In this study, we analyzed the relationship between heroin overdose deaths and …

This article describes an investigation of illicit drugs at street level in six selected police
districts in different regions of Denmark. The investigation was carried out during a 6-year …

Aims To detect risk factors for sudden death from heroin injection. Design Evaluation of data
from forensic investigations of all fatal cases of suspected heroin death in a metropolitan …

In order to determine the role played by heroin purity in fatal heroin overdoses, time series
analyses were conducted on the purity of street heroin seizures in south western Sydney …

Abstract Background & Aims Heroin use is associated with a disproportionately high level of
morbidity and mortality with most deaths attributable to drug overdose. Aggregate heroin …

The contents of impurities, adulterants and diluents in 77 samples of illicit heroin were
determined by a combination of high-performance liquid chromatography and gas …