Gamma hydroxybutirate use for sexual assault

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 255-256

  Varela, M ^a   Nogue S ^a   Oros M ^b   Miro O ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b Forensic Department   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; AMNESIA; CASE REPORT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DANCING; DRUG USE; EMERGENCY WARD; EUROPE; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; ION MONITORING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECREATION; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL CRIME; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; SEX OFFENSES; SODIUM OXYBATE;

EID: 1542395718     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2002.002402     Document Type: Review

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