Case series of individuals with analytically confirmed acute mephedrone toxicity

Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 924-927

  Wood, David M ^a   Davies, Susannah ^b   Greene, Shaun L ^a   Button, Jenny ^b   Holt, David W ^b   Ramsey, John ^c   Dargan, Paul I ^a  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c TICTAC Communications Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

4 Methylmethcathinone; Acute toxicity; Drugs of abuse; Mephedrone

Indexed keywords

4' METHYLMETHCATHINONE;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGITATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG INTOXICATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEADACHE; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEIZURE; TACHYCARDIA; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; THORAX PAIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; MALE; METHAMPHETAMINE; STREET DRUGS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650470484     PISSN: 15563650     EISSN: 15569519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15563650.2010.531021     Document Type: Article

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