Fatal caffeine intoxication: A series of eight cases from 1999 to 2009

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 865-868

  Banerjee, Priya ^a,b   Ali, Zabiullah ^b   Levine, Barry ^b   Fowler, David R ^b  

^a Office of State Medical Examiners State of Rhode Island   (United States)

^b OFFICE OF THE CHIEF MEDICAL EXAMINER   (United States)

Author keywords

Caffeine; Cardiac arrhythmia; Death; Drug toxicity; Forensic science; Suicide; Toxicology; Xanthines

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT;

ADULT; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CORONER; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CAFFEINE; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; CORONERS AND MEDICAL EXAMINERS; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; HUMANS; MALE; MARYLAND; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; SUICIDE;

EID: 84899125377     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1556-4029.12387     Document Type: Article

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