A fatal case involving a caffeine-containing fat burner

Drug Testing and Analysis

Volumn 5, Issue 9-10, 2013, Pages 773-776

  Jantos, Ricarda ^a   Stein, Kirsten Marion ^a   Flechtenmacher, Christa ^a   Skopp, Gisela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; CAFFEINE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; COLA; CONSCIOUSNESS; ELEUTHEROCOCCUS SENTICOSUS; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; ENERGY DRINK; FATALITY; FEMALE; GUARANA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; ILEX PARAGUARIENSIS; PEPPER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; RESUSCITATION; SUICIDE; TACHYCARDIA; TEA; VODKA; VOMITING;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ANTI-OBESITY AGENTS; AUTOPSY; CAFFEINE; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS;

EID: 84886101245     PISSN: 19427603     EISSN: 19427611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dta.1485     Document Type: Article

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