Letigen (caffeine and ephedrine) fatality;Dødsfald med letigen

Ugeskrift for Laeger

Volumn 165, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 239-240

  Kanstrup, M H ^a   Petersen, A P ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOREXIGENIC AGENT; CAFFEINE; EPHEDRINE; LETIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; SUICIDE; TOXICOLOGY; VOMITING;

ADULT; APPETITE DEPRESSANTS; CAFFEINE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; DRUG COMBINATIONS; EPHEDRINE; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; SUICIDE;

EID: 0037434166     PISSN: 00415782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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