The role of stimulant designer drug consumption in three fatal cases in south-east Hungary in 2011

Romanian Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 275-280

  Tóth, Anita Réka ^a   Kovács, Katalin ^a   Árok, Zsófia ^a   Varga, Tibor ^a   Kereszty, Éva ^a   Institóris, László ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Amphetamine like designer drugs; Autopsy; Fatal cases; GC MS analysis

Indexed keywords

3,4 DIMETHYLMETHCATHINONE; 3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; 4 FLUOROMETHCATHINONE; AMPHETAMINE; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; CODEINE; DESIGNER DRUG; METHAMPHETAMINE; METHYLENEDIOXYPYROVALERONE; METHYLONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG URINE LEVEL; DRUG USE; FATALITY; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HUMAN; HUNGARY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SUICIDE; TOXICOLOGY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890192639     PISSN: 12218618     EISSN: 18448585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4323/rjlm.2013.275     Document Type: Article

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