Implications of Discordance Between Clinical Impression and Toxicology Analysis in Drug Overdose

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 1988, Pages 437-441

  Brett, Allan S ^a,b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG OVERDOSE; HUMAN; TOXICOLOGY;

ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; METHODS; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0023846106     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.1988.00380020181023     Document Type: Article

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