Promethazine overdose: Is it a "Goodnight" after all?

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 111, Issue 1069, 1998, Pages 246-248

  Bergman, Jack ^a   Wallman, Paul ^a  

^a AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHENOTHIAZINE DERIVATIVE; PROMETHAZINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MARKETING; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG OVERDOSE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MALE; SHORT SURVEY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERTISING; DRUG INDUSTRY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; OVERDOSE; PROMETHAZINE;

EID: 0032504042     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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