Consequence of body packing of illicit drugs

Archives of Iranian Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 20-23

  Hassanian Moghaddam, Hossein ^a   Abolmasoumi, Zahra ^b  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Research Centre of Legal Medicine Organization of Iran   (Iran)

Author keywords

Body packer; Body packing; Body stuffer; Fatal toxicity; Iran

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG; MORPHINE; OPIATE;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; AWARENESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG TRAFFIC; DRUG URINE LEVEL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FOREIGN BODY; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; IRAN; LAW; MALE; MARRIAGE; MORTALITY; PACKAGING; PRESERVATION; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADULT; CADAVER; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OVERDOSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION;

EID: 33846659258     PISSN: 10292977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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