Fatal mephenesin intoxication

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 221-223

  Fanton, Laurent ^a   Bévalot, Fabien ^a   Schoendorff, Patrice ^a   Le Meur, Catherine ^a   Gaillard, Yvan ^b   Malicier, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b Laboratoire d'Analyses Toxicologiques   (France)

Author keywords

Exhumation; Forensic science; Mephenesin; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ALCOHOL; BICARBONATE; MEPHENESIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRONCHUS INHALATION SYNDROME; CARDIOPULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY; CASE REPORT; DEATH; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG OVERDOSE; FEMALE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LUNG INJURY; PATHOLOGIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; TOXICOLOGY; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

BRONCHIAL DISEASES; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; MEPHENESIN; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE RELAXANTS, CENTRAL; OVERDOSE;

EID: 33845912127     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2006.00320.x     Document Type: Article

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