Emergency department visits after use of a drug sold as "Bath Salts" - Michigan, November 13, 2010-March 31, 2011

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 60, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 624-627

  Benzie, Fred ^a   Hekman, Kimberly ^b   Cameron, Lorraine ^b   Wade, David R ^b   Miller, Corinne ^b   Smolinske, Susan ^c   Warrick, Brandon ^c  

^a Marquette County Health Dept   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH   (United States)

^c CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,3 BENZODIOXOLE DERIVATIVE; 3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYPYROVALERONE; 3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYPYROVALERONE; 4' METHYLMETHCATHINONE; DESIGNER DRUG; DRUG DERIVATIVE; METHAMPHETAMINE; PYRROLIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESTLESSNESS; TACHYCARDIA; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; BENZODIOXOLES; DESIGNER DRUGS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; MALE; METHAMPHETAMINE; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMOTOR AGITATION; PYRROLIDINES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TACHYCARDIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79957635109     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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