The outcome of drug smuggling by 'body packers' - The British experience

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 35-38

  Bulstrode, N ^a   Banks, F ^a   Shrotria, S ^a  

^a Ashford Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body packers; Drug smuggling

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; ILLICIT DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CRIME; DRUG OVERDOSE; EUROPE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; OFFENDER; PRISONER; PUNISHMENT; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK; STOMACH OBSTRUCTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOXICITY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CRIME; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DRUG AND NARCOTIC CONTROL; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODIES; GASTRIC LAVAGE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; LONDON; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0036143421     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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