Nonaccidental Methadone Poisoning

Most reports on methadone poisoning in children indicate that it is usually accidental or unintentional in origin. Lee and Lam describe a case of intentional poisoning in a 3-month-old girl.

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Clinical pediatrics 2002-06, Vol.41 (5), p.365-366
Main Authors: Lee, Anselm C. W., Lam, S. Y.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Case studies
Child Abuse
Child abuse & neglect
Female
Humans
Infant
Methadone
Methadone - poisoning
Narcotics - poisoning
Pediatrics
Poisoning
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Most reports on methadone poisoning in children indicate that it is usually accidental or unintentional in origin. Lee and Lam describe a case of intentional poisoning in a 3-month-old girl.
ISSN:0009-9228
1938-2707
DOI:10.1177/000992280204100513