Amphetamine derivative fatalities in south australia - Is 'Ecstasy' the culprit?

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 261-265

  Byard, R W ^a,b   Gilbert, J ^a   James, R ^a   Lokan, R J ^a  

^a FORENSIC SCIENCE SA   (Australia)

^b WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Drug fatalities; Ecstacy; MDMA; PMA

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; AMPHETAMINE DERIVATIVE; DESIGNER DRUG; FLUOXETINE; METHAMPHETAMINE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUTOPSY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG SCREENING; ENZYME INHIBITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; MALE; RHABDOMYOLYSIS;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FEVER; HALLUCINOGENS; HUMANS; MALE; METHAMPHETAMINE; N-METHYL-3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; OVERDOSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031750909     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000433-199809000-00013     Document Type: Article

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