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Assessing the toxicological significance of new psychoactive substances in fatalities

Author(s) -

Elliott Simon,

Sedefov Roumen,

EvansBrown Michael

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

drug testing and analysis

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.065

H-Index - 54

eISSN - 1942-7611

pISSN - 1942-7603

DOI - 10.1002/dta.2225

Subject(s) - psychoactive substance , medicine , environmental health , toxicology , pharmacology , psychiatry , biology

The number of new psychoactive substances (NPS) has increased significantly, especially within the last 5 years. The EMCDDA conducts risks assessments of such substances, especially in relation to serious adverse events. Examination of the individual health risks of a substance is a fundamental requirement of the process. Based on a number of considerations, the Toxicological Significance Score has been developed to support the risk assessment of NPS by allowing the role of a substance in deaths to be better assessed and classified.

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