Fatal cocaine intoxication in a body packer;Letalno trovanje kokainom kod body packer-a

Vojnosanitetski Pregled

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 198-201

  Brajković, Gordana ^a   Babić, Gordana ^a   Stošić, Jasna Jović ^a,b   Tomašević, Gordana ^a   Rančić, Dragana ^a   Kilibarda, Vesna ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEFENCE   (Serbia)

^b Serbia   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Chromatography; Cocaine; Death; Deglutition; Diagnosis; Differential; Poisoning; Sudden

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; NARCOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIAGNOSIS; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG PACKAGING; DRUG TRAFFIC; FATALITY; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PROCEDURES; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; COCAINE; DIAGNOSIS; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG PACKAGING; DRUG TRAFFICKING; FATAL OUTCOME; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; HUMANS; MALE; NARCOTICS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, SECONDARY ION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION;

EID: 84957965710     PISSN: 00428450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2298/VSP141105022B     Document Type: Article

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