Laboratory confirmation of scopolamine co-intoxication in patients using tainted heroin

Journal of Toxicology - Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 491-496

  Perrone, Jeanmarie ^a,b   Shaw, Leslie ^a   De Roos, Francis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAMORPHINE; SCOPOLAMINE;

ADULT; ANTICHOLINERGIC EFFECT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SINUS TACHYCARDIA;

ADULT; DRUG CONTAMINATION; DRUG SYNERGISM; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HEROIN; HUMANS; MALE; SCOPOLAMINE; TACHYCARDIA, SINUS;

EID: 0032783677     PISSN: 07313810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/CLT-100102441     Document Type: Article

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