Excessive use of fentanyl patches as the only means of suicide;Exzessiver fentanylpflastergebrauch als alleiniges suizidmittel

Archiv fur Kriminologie

Volumn 222, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 23-30

  Wiesbrock, Urs O ^a,b   Rochholz, Gertrud ^a   Franzelius, Cornelia ^a   Schwark, Thorsten ^a   Grellner, Wolfgang ^a,b  

^a Institut für Rechtsmedizin

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fentanyl patch; Intoxication by fentanyl; Suicide

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CADAVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEPRESSION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG OVERDOSE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRESCRIPTION; SUICIDE; TISSUE SECTION;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; AUTOPSY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FENTANYL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SUICIDE;

EID: 50249160134     PISSN: 00039225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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