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Philippe Camus, M.D.

Dijon, France

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Last update : 30/08/2012
 
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Amphetamine (and -derivatives)
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Body packing
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Ephedrine
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Paramethoxymethamphetamine
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Phosphine (H3P)
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Publications

Methamphetamine-related cardiovascular diseases.
ESC heart failure 2020 Apr;7;407-414 2020 Apr
Death by 'ice': fatal methamphetamine intoxication of a body packer case detected by postmortem computed tomography (PMCT) and validated by autopsy.
Forensic science, medicine, and pathology 2013 Mar;9;82-7 2013 Mar
Death from accidental poisoning of methamphetamine by leaking into alimentary tract in drug traffic: a case report.
Legal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) 2009 Apr;11 Suppl 1;S491-3 2009 Apr
Methamphetamine body packer: acute poisoning death due to massive leaking of methamphetamine.
Journal of forensic sciences 2007 Sep;52;1219-22 2007 Sep
Methamphetamine-related sudden death with a concentration which was of a 'toxic level'.
Legal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) 2006 May;8;150-5 2006 May

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