Beta-Blockers Following Cocaine Use: A Reappraisal

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 89-

  Mariani, Peter J ^a  

^a State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; COCAINE;

BLOOD PRESSURE; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG USE; HYPERTENSION; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SELECTION BIAS; TROPONIN I;

EID: 44949190407     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2007.11.048     Document Type: Letter

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