Fatal poisonings where ethylmorphine from antitussive medications contributed to death

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 299-302

  Jonasson, B ^a   Jonasson, U ^a   Holmgren, P ^b   Saldeen, T ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Drug addicts; Ethylmorphine; Fatal poisoning; Manner of death

Indexed keywords

ANTITUSSIVE AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; DIAZEPAM; ETHYLMORPHINE;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG OVERDOSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN;

ADULT; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ANTITUSSIVE AGENTS; AUTOPSY; BENZODIAZEPINES; CAUSE OF DEATH; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ETHYLMORPHINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POISONING; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0032840143     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004140050253     Document Type: Article

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