Case report of a fatal intoxication by citalopram

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 352-354

  Luchini, Duccio ^a   Morabito, Giovanna ^a   Centini, Fabio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Citalopram; Fatal intoxication; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ALCOHOL; AMMONIA; CITALOPRAM; DIELDRIN; METHANOL; NITROGEN; WATER; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEPRESSION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG PACKAGING; FEMALE; GAS LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POLICE; PRESCRIPTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SUDDEN DEATH; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; SUICIDE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ADULT; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, SECOND-GENERATION; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CITALOPRAM; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; SUICIDE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33644843958     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.paf.0000188276.33030.dd     Document Type: Article

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