Contrast CT scan fails to detect the last heroin packet

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 279-283

  Hahn, In Hei ^a   Hoffman, Robert S ^b   Nelson, Lewis S ^b  

^a ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

Author keywords

body packer; CT scan; heroin packet; smuggling; X ray

Indexed keywords

DIAMORPHINE; ELECTROLYTE; MACROGOL;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VENEZUELA;

ADULT; DRUG STORAGE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEROIN; HUMANS; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 4544348097     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2004.04.012     Document Type: Article

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