Water intoxication presenting as a suspected contaminated urine sample for drug testing

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 611-613

  Finkel, Kevin W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Hyponatremia; Urinary dilution; Water intoxication

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTAMINATED URINE SAMPLE; CONTAMINATION; DIETARY INTAKE; DIETARY SOLUTE INTAKE; DILUTION; DRUG SCREENING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; KIDNEY METABOLISM; SOLUTE; URINALYSIS; URINE DILUTION TEST; URINE OSMOLALITY; WATER INTOXICATION; WATER METABOLISM; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

CHRONIC DISEASE; DIET, REDUCING; DIET, VEGETARIAN; HUMANS; HYPONATREMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; WATER INTOXICATION; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 3042615297     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-200406000-00022     Document Type: Article

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