Multidrug poisoning involving nicotine and tramadol

Forensic Science International

Volumn 194, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages

  Solarino, Biagio ^a,b   Rießelmann, Benno ^a   Buschmann, Claas T ^a   Tsokos, Michael ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Forensic toxicology; Multiple transdermal patches; Nicotine; Tramadol

Indexed keywords

COTININE; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; NICOTINE; PARACETAMOL; TRAMADOL; ZOPICLONE;

ADULT; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRAIN EDEMA; CARDIOPULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG MISUSE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; LUNG CONGESTION; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SUICIDE; URINALYSIS;

EID: 72149097615     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2009.09.019     Document Type: Article

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