Xylazine toxicity - Literature review and report of two cases

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 400-402

  Mittleman, Roger E ^a,b   Hearn, W Lee ^a   Hime, George W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Miami Dade Medical Examiner Department   (United States)

Author keywords

Forensic pathology; Forensic science; Forensic toxicology; Homicide; Toxicity; Xylazine

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; XYLAZINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG TISSUE LEVEL; FEMALE; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTOXICATION; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TOXICITY TESTING;

EID: 0031917007     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs16155j     Document Type: Article

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