Drug facilitated sexual assault using an over-the-counter ocular solution containing tetrahydrozoline (Visine®)

Legal Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 192-195

  Spiller, Henry A ^a   Rogers, Jacqualine ^b   Sawyer, Tama S ^c  

^a KENTUCKY REGIONAL POISON CENTER   (United States)

^b Electronic Crime Branch   (United States)

^c Mid America Poison Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug facilitated sexual assault; Imidazoline; Tetrahydrozoline

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; IMIDAZOLINE DERIVATIVE; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; TETRYZOLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMA; DRUG INTOXICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL CRIME; VICTIM;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUGS, NON-PRESCRIPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMIDAZOLES; IMIDAZOLINES; MALE; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; RAPE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34249314714     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2007.01.005     Document Type: Article

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