Kava toxicity

Emergency Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 142-145

  Chanwai, L Giles ^a  

^a MIDDLEMORE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Kava; Piper methysticum; Psychoactive substance

Indexed keywords

KAVA EXTRACT;

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; CASE REPORT; CULTURAL FACTOR; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034124888     PISSN: 14410737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-2026.2000.00107.x     Document Type: Article

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