An accidental fatal intoxication with methoxetamine

Journal of Analytical Toxicology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 43-46

  Wikström, Maria ^a   Thelander, Gunilla ^a   Dahlgren, Maria ^a   Kronstrand, Robert ^a,b  

^a National Board of Forensic Medicine   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 (1 NAPHTHOYL) 1 PENTYLINDOLE; AM 2201; AM 694; CANNABINOID; KETAMINE; METHOXETAMINE; RECREATIONAL DRUG; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); HUMAN; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; MORTALITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTOPSY; CANNABINOIDS; CYCLOHEXANONES; CYCLOHEXYLAMINES; FATAL OUTCOME; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; INDOLES; KETAMINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAPHTHALENES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872806716     PISSN: 01464760     EISSN: 19452403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jat/bks086     Document Type: Article

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