Poisoning with the recreational drug paramethoxyamphetamine ("death")

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 174, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 453-455

  Ling, Liang Han ^a   Marchant, Colin ^a   Buckley, Nicholas A ^a   Prior, Michael ^a   Irvine, Rod J ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; 4 METHOXYAMPHETAMINE; GLUCOSE; POTASSIUM ION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG SCREENING; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; HYPERTHERMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; QRS COMPLEX; RECREATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; SELF REPORT; TACHYCARDIA; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0035820826     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2001.tb143372.x     Document Type: Article

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