Fentanyl epidemic in Chicago, Illinois and surrounding Cook County

Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 501-506

  Schumann, Heather ^a   Erickson, Tim ^a   Thompson, Trevonne M ^a   Zautcke, John L ^a   Denton, J Scott ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Department of Pathology   (United States)

Author keywords

Chicago; Epidemic; Fentanyl

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; FENTANYL; METHADONE; NALOXONE; OPIATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG SCREENING; EMERGENCY WARD; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; TOXICITY TESTING; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONERS AND MEDICAL EXAMINERS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FENTANYL; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; NARCOTICS; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; OVERDOSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STREET DRUGS; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS;

EID: 46249107387     PISSN: 15563650     EISSN: 15569519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15563650701877374     Document Type: Article

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