Acute poisoning in Santiago de Compostela during a four year period;Intoxicaciones agudas en Santiago de Compostela, en un período de cuatro años

Revista de Toxicologia

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 216-220

  Fernández, Purificación ^a   Ortega, M ^b   Bermejo, A M ^a   Tabernero, M J ^a   Lopez Rivadulla M ^a   Concheiro, M E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Abuse Drugs; Acute Poisoning; Hospital; Medicines

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ACTIVATED CARBON; ALCOHOL; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIDOTE; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CANNABIS; COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; FLUMAZENIL; METHADONE; NALOXONE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OPIATE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PARACETAMOL; PARAQUAT; PENTACHLOROPHENOL; PESTICIDE; PETHIDINE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; ZOLPIDEM; ZOPICLONE;

ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOLISM; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG OVERDOSE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; SEX RATIO; SPAIN; STOMACH LAVAGE; TOXICOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

CANNABIS;

EID: 0345871170     PISSN: 02127113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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