Synthetic Cannabinoid Use and Sudden Death

Academic Forensic Pathology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 202-205

  Stoppacher, Robert ^a,b  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Death; Forensic pathology; Forensic toxicology; sudden

Indexed keywords

EID: 84969313505     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19253621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.23907/2012.029     Document Type: Article

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