Changing patterns in volatile substance abuse fatalities: A retrospective case series from Northern Australia
Published online on June 13, 2026
Abstract
Medicine, Science and the Law, Ahead of Print.
Volatile substance abuse (VSA) continues to cause preventable deaths worldwide. In Australia, petrol sniffing has historically been the main form of misuse in remote Indigenous communities. However, coronial and surveillance data suggest an increasing ...
Volatile substance abuse (VSA) continues to cause preventable deaths worldwide. In Australia, petrol sniffing has historically been the main form of misuse in remote Indigenous communities. However, coronial and surveillance data suggest an increasing ...