Abdominal radiography in "body packers"

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 498-

  Costello, Jonathan ^a   Townend, Will ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG; STREET DRUG;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; HUMAN; INGESTION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PACKAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHORT SURVEY; SWALLOWING; TACHYCARDIA; CRIME; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FOREIGN BODY; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; CRIME; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; STREET DRUGS;

EID: 3242774533     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2004.016527     Document Type: Short Survey

References (2)

1. Karhunen PJ, Souranta H, Penttila A, et al. Pitfalls in the diagnosis of drug smuggler's abdomen. J Forensic Sci 1991;36:397-402.
2. Hierholzer J, Cordes M, Tantow H, et al. Drug smuggling by ingested cocaine-filled packages: conventional x-ray and ultrasound. Abdom Imaging 1995;20:333-8.