Trends and characteristics in barbiturate deaths Australia 2000-2019: A national retrospective mortality study
December 2019
Staff:
NDARC
Dr Gabrielle Campbell
Professor Shane Darke
Dr Julia Lappin
Miss Emma Zahra
Project description:
This project is a retrospective study of all cases in Australia in which barbiturates use was a mechanism contributory to death.
The study aims to:
- Determine the characteristics, and circumstances of death, of all recorded cases of barbiturate-related death in Australia;
- Determine the toxicology of such deaths; and
- Determine the major organ pathology of cases.
Read more on the NDARC website.
