Cathinones derivatives-related deaths as exemplified by two fatal cases involving methcathinone with 4-methylmethcathinone and 4-methylethcathinone

Drug Testing and Analysis

Volumn 6, Issue 7-8, 2014, Pages 770-777

  Rojek, Sebastian ^a   Klys, Malgorzata ^a   Maciów Glab, Martyna ^a   Kula, Karol ^a   Strona, Marcin ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHINONE;

4 METHYLETHCATHINONE; 4' METHYLMETHCATHINONE; AMPHETAMINE; CATHINONE; DESIGNER DRUG; METHADONE; METHCATHINONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 4-METHYLETHCATHINONE; AMPHETAMINE DERIVATIVE; METHAMPHETAMINE; MONOMETHYLPROPION; PROPIOPHENONE DERIVATIVE;

ADDICTION; ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; FATALITY; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; METHADONE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SCREENING TEST; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; BLOOD; DEATH;

ADULT; AMPHETAMINES; DEATH; DESIGNER DRUGS; HUMANS; MALE; METHAMPHETAMINE; PROPIOPHENONES;

EID: 84904582405     PISSN: 19427603     EISSN: 19427611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dta.1615     Document Type: Article

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