Death by ‘ice’: fatal methamphetamine intoxication of a body packer case detected by postmortem computed tomography (PMCT) and validated by autopsy

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Death by ‘ice’: fatal methamphetamine intoxication of a body packer case detected by postmortem computed tomography (PMCT) and validated by autopsy

Fatal acute methamphetamine (MA) poisoning in cases of internal drug trafficking is rarely described in the literature. This case study reports an MA 'body packer' who died from fatal methamphetamine intoxication due to leaking drug packages in the alimentary tract. The deceased was examin...

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Main Authors:	Abdul Rashid, Saiful Nizam, Abdul Rahim, Amir Saad, Thali, Michael J., Flach, Patricia Mildred
Format:	Article
Published:	Springer 2013
Online Access:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/29534/

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