Ambient temperature and mortality from unintentional cocaine overdose

JAMA

Volumn 279, Issue 22, 1998, Pages 1795-1800

  Marzuk, Peter M ^a,c   Tardiff, Kenneth ^a   Leon, Andrew C ^a   Hirsch, Charles S ^b   Portera, Laura ^a   Iqbal, M Irfan ^a   Nock, Matthew K ^a   Hartwell, Nancy ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; OPIATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG OVERDOSE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FATALITY; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; WEATHER;

EID: 0032503638     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.279.22.1795     Document Type: Article

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