Fatal mephedrone intoxication-a case report

Journal of Analytical Toxicology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 37-42

  Adamowicz, Piotr ^a   Tokarczyk, Bogdan ^a   Stanaszek, Roman ^a   Slopianka, Markus ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC RESEARCH   (Poland)

^b FRESENIUS UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4' METHYLMETHCATHINONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CALIBRATION; CASE REPORT; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG PURITY; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG STRUCTURE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; POWDER; RESUSCITATION; VITREOUS BODY;

ADULT; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DESIGNER DRUGS; DIMETHOXYPHENYLETHYLAMINE; FATAL OUTCOME; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; MALE; METHAMPHETAMINE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84872800164     PISSN: 01464760     EISSN: 19452403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jat/bks085     Document Type: Article

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