Lethal Ingestion of Chinese Herbal Tea Containing Ch'an Su

Western Journal of Medicine

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 71-75

  Ko, Richard J ^a   Greenwald, Margaret S ^e   Loscutoff, Susan M ^a   Au, Alice M ^a   Appel, Bruce R ^a   Kreutzer, Richard A ^b   Haddon, William F ^c,d   Jackson, Tamara Y ^a   Boo, Feliciana O ^a   Presicek, Gabrielle ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Div Environ and Occup Dis Contr   (United States)

^c S Francisco City Co Med E

^d AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^e San Diego Medical Examiner's Office

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN VENOM; HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MALE; MORTALITY; MOUSE; TEA;

ADULT; AMPHIBIAN VENOMS; ANIMALS; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; POISONING; TEA;

EID: 0029717663     PISSN: 00930415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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