Criminal poisoning: Munchausen by proxy

Clinics in Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 243-253

  Holstege, Christopher P ^a,b   Dobmeier, Stephen G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ARSENIC; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BLEACHING AGENT; CARBON MONOXIDE; CAUSTIC AGENT; CLONIDINE; FUROSEMIDE; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; IPECAC; LAXATIVE; METHAQUALONE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL; PAREGORIC; RODENTICIDE; SALICYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULFONYLUREA DERIVATIVE; TOXIN;

CHARACTER DISORDER; CHILD ABUSE; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MORTALITY; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME BY PROXY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VICTIM;

FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMANS; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME BY PROXY; POISONING; XENOBIOTICS;

EID: 33645235507     PISSN: 02722712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cll.2006.02.002     Document Type: Review

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