Methamphetamine-related sudden death with a concentration which was of a 'toxic level'

Legal Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 150-155

  Inoue, Hiromasa ^a   Ikeda, Noriaki ^a   Kudo, Keiko ^a   Ishida, Tomomi ^a   Terada, Masaru ^b   Matoba, Ryoji ^c  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blood concentration; Methamphetamine; Poisoning; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

METHAMPHETAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CAUSE OF DEATH; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MALE; SUDDEN DEATH;

ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; DEATH, SUDDEN; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; METHAMPHETAMINE; MIDDLE AGED; POISONING;

EID: 33646811544     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2005.12.004     Document Type: Article

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