Fatality following a suicidal overdose with varenicline

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 85-91

  Stove, Christophe P ^a   De Letter, Els A ^a   Piette, Michel H ^a   Lambert, Willy E ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Fatality; Hypothermia; Overdose; Suicide; Varenicline

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BENZAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CENTRAL DEPRESSANT AGENT; NICOTINIC AGENT; QUINOXALINE DERIVATIVE; VARENICLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMISTRY; DRUG OVERDOSE; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; SUICIDE; VITREOUS BODY;

ADULT; BENZAZEPINES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; DRUG OVERDOSE; ETHANOL; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; NICOTINIC AGONISTS; QUINOXALINES; SUICIDE; VITREOUS BODY;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872423014     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: 14371596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-012-0695-5     Document Type: Article

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