"Foam Cone" exuding from the mouth and nostrils following heroin overdose

Toxicology Mechanisms and Methods

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 159-160

  Dinis Oliveira, Ricardo Jorge ^a,b,c,d   Santos, Agostinho ^a,e,f   Magalhães, Teresa ^a,d,e,f  

^a University of Porto   (Portugal)

^b CESPU   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES IUCS   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^e National Institute of Legal Medicine   (Portugal)

^f NONE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

"Foam cone"; Heroin; Overdose

Indexed keywords

DIAMORPHINE;

ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK; ANOXIA; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; DRUG OVERDOSE; EXUDATE; FOAM CONE; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG ALVEOLITIS; LUNG EDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; REVIEW;

HEROIN; HUMANS; OVERDOSE; PULMONARY EDEMA;

EID: 84855876624     PISSN: 15376516     EISSN: 15376524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15376516.2011.610388     Document Type: Review

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