Ecstasy - Deadly risk even outside rave parties

Forensic Science International

Volumn 153, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 227-230

  Libiseller, Kathrin ^a   Pavlic, Marion ^a   Grubwieser, Petra ^a   Rabl, Walter ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Ecstasy; Fatality; MDMA; Poisoning

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG USE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; PHYSICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 24044537866     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2004.11.010     Document Type: Article

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