Demographic factors, duration of hospitalization, costs of hospitalization, and cause of death in patients intoxicated with amphetamines and opioids

Journal of Isfahan Medical School

Volumn 29, Issue 146, 2011, Pages 890-900

  Izadi Mood, Nastaran ^a   Tavahen, Nirvana ^a   Masoumi, Gholam Reza ^a   Gheshlaghi, Farzad ^a   Siadat, Zahra Dana ^a   Setareh, Mehrdad ^a   Ardestani, Mohammad Reza Yazdani ^a  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Amphetamines; Intoxication; Mortality; Opioids

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; OPIATE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BREATHING RATE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; WARD;

EID: 80052783077     PISSN: 10277595     EISSN: 1735854X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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