Clandestine drug laboratories in Australia and the potential for harm

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 155-162

  Caldicott, David G E ^a   Pigou, Paul E ^b   Beattie, Robert ^c   Edwards, John W ^d  

^a ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b FORENSIC SCIENCE SA   (Australia)

^c South Australia Police   (Australia)

^d FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 PROPANOL; ACETONE; AMMONIA; AMPHETAMINE; EPHEDRINE; ETHER; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; ILLICIT DRUG; IODINE; LITHIUM; METHAMPHETAMINE; METHANOL; PHOSPHINE; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; PSEUDOEPHEDRINE; SODIUM; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; SULFURIC ACID; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AWARENESS; BLAST INJURY; BURN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG MANUFACTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; DRUG TRAFFIC; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXPLOSION; EYE INJURY; FATALITY; GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INDUSTRIALIZATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KIDNEY DISEASE; LACERATION; LAW; LIVER DISEASE; LUNG DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLICY; PREVALENCE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; REGISTRATION; SEIZURE; SKIN TOXICITY; TERATOGENICITY; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 17844365862     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2005.tb00066.x     Document Type: Article

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