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Fatal poisonings in Northern Finland: causes, incidence, and rural-urban differences.

Lauri KoskelaLasse RaatiniemiHåkon Kvåle BakkeTero Ala-KokkoJanne Liisanantti
Published in: Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine (2017)
There was a higher rate of fatal ethanol poisoning in rural areas and higher rate of fatal poisoning related to psychoactive pharmaceutical products and opioids in urban areas. There were twice as many fatal poisonings in the youngest age group (15-24 years) in urban areas compared to rural areas, and suicide was more common in urban areas.
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