Cocaine toxicology testing at psychiatric emergency department presentation

American Journal of Forensic Psychiatry

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 55-66

  Currier, Glenn W ^a   Allen, Michael H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BELLEVUE HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; PSYCHOSIS; TOXICOLOGY; UNITED STATES; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0031876912     PISSN: 01631942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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