Killer fentanyl: a lesson from anaesthesiology

Lancet

Volumn 368, Issue 9543, 2006, Pages 1237-1238

  Fodale, Vincenzo ^a   Mafrica, Federica ^a   Santamaria, Letterio B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; OPIATE;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG OVERDOSE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEDATION; SMOKING;

EID: 33749258922     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(06)69516-0     Document Type: Letter

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