Intravenous and oral suicidal e-liquid poisonings with confirmed nicotine and cotinine concentrations

Forensic Science International

Volumn 262, Issue , 2016, Pages e15-e20

  Sommerfeld, Karina ^a   Łukasik Głebocka, Magdalena ^a,b   Kulza, Maksymilian ^a   Druzdz, Artur ^c   Panieński, Paweł ^a   Florek, Ewa ^a   Zielińska Psuja, Barbara ^a  

^a POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b Fraciszek Raszeja Hospital   (Poland)

^c POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cotinine; E liquid; Nicotine; Poisoning; Serum concentration

Indexed keywords

COTININE; METOCLOPRAMIDE; NICOTINE; PANTOPRAZOLE; GANGLION STIMULATING AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CASE REPORT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MALE; NAUSEA; NICOTINE POISONING; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SMOKING; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; BLOOD; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; COTININE; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES; FEMALE; GANGLIONIC STIMULANTS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; NICOTINE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84962194793     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2016.03.005     Document Type: Article

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