Toxicological findings and manner of death in autopsied users of anabolic androgenic steroids

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 241-249

  Petersson, Anna ^a   Garle, Mats ^c   Holmgren, Per ^d   Druid, Henrik ^a   Krantz, Peter ^e   Thiblin, Ingemar ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anabolic androgenic steroids; Autopsy; Death; Illegal drugs

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; ANABOLIC AGENT; ANDROGEN; BOLDENONE; DIAMORPHINE; MESTEROLONE; METANDIENONE; METENOLONE; NANDROLONE; NORETHANDROLONE; OXANDROLONE; OXYMETHOLONE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; STANOZOLOL; TAMOXIFEN; TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DRUG ABUSE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUICIDE;

EID: 31444455493     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2005.07.003     Document Type: Article

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