Did the drug cause death? Codeine and breastfeeding

The Lancet

Volumn 372, Issue 9639, 2008, Pages 606-608

  Ferner, Robin E ^a,b  

^a CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCURONIDASE; CODEINE; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE PLUS PARACETAMOL; MORPHINE; MORPHINE 3 GLUCURONIDE; MORPHINE 6 GLUCURONIDE; PARACETAMOL;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG ACCUMULATION; DRUG CLEARANCE; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG EXCRETION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG MILK LEVEL; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TRANSFORMATION; HUMAN; MATERNAL PLASMA; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 49649107725     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(08)61254-4     Document Type: Note

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