Ethylone-related deaths: Toxicological findings

Journal of Analytical Toxicology

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 567-571

  Lee, Dayong ^a   Chronister, Chris W ^a   Hoyer, Jennifer ^a   Goldberger, Bruce A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4' METHYLMETHCATHINONE; ALCOHOL; ALPRAZOLAM; BENZOYLECGONINE; CATHINONE; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; DOXYLAMINE; ETHYLONE; METHYLONE; MORPHINE; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL; TRAMADOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 2-ETHYLAMMONIO-1-(3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYPHENYL)PROPANE-1-ONE CHLORIDE; ACETONE; DESIGNER DRUG; ETHYLAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEATH; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG SCREENING; HUMAN; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLITE; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; TOXIC CONCENTRATION; TOXICOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; AUTOPSY; BLOOD; DRUG OVERDOSE; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; MORTALITY; PROCEDURES; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

ACETONE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; DESIGNER DRUGS; DRUG OVERDOSE; ETHYLAMINES; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; MALE; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84941638130     PISSN: 01464760     EISSN: 19452403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jat/bkv053     Document Type: Article

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