Autopsy pathology of cocaine users from the Eastern district of London: A retrospective cohort study

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 848-850

  Rajab, R ^a,c   Stearns, E ^a   Baithun, S ^b  

^a Department of Histopathology Bart's and the London NHS Trust Royal London Hospital ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c St Josephs Cottage   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DRUG USE; FATALITY; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HEART; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY; LUNG; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STOMACH EROSION; TOXICOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; COMPLICATION; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; LUNG DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; AUTOPSY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 47049095326     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2007.054569     Document Type: Article

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