Acute zolpidem overdose - Report of two cases

Journal of Analytical Toxicology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 559-562

  Gock, Susan B ^a   Wong, Steven H Y ^a,b   Nuwayhid, Naziha ^a   Venuti, Susan E ^a   Kelley, P Douglas ^a   Teggatz, John R ^a   Jentzen, Jeffrey M ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b Milwaukee County Medical Examiner's Office   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RISPERIDONE; SERTRALINE; ZOLPIDEM; ZOLPIDEM TARTRATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG TISSUE LEVEL; DRUG URINE LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE;

EID: 0032827129     PISSN: 01464760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jat/23.6.559     Document Type: Article

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