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. 2003 Dec 25;349(26):2519-26.

doi: 10.1056/NEJMra022719.

Body packing--the internal concealment of illicit drugs

Stephen J Traub¹, Robert S Hoffman, Lewis S Nelson

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PMID: 14695412
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMra022719

Review

Body packing--the internal concealment of illicit drugs

Stephen J Traub et al. N Engl J Med. 2003.

. 2003 Dec 25;349(26):2519-26.

doi: 10.1056/NEJMra022719.

Authors

Stephen J Traub¹, Robert S Hoffman, Lewis S Nelson

Affiliation

¹ Department of Emergency Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, Bellevue Hospital Center, New York, USA. straub@bidmc.harvard.edu

PMID: 14695412
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMra022719

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Body packing.
Dueñas-Laita A, Nogué S, Burillo-Putze G. Dueñas-Laita A, et al. N Engl J Med. 2004 Mar 18;350(12):1260-1; author reply 1260-1. doi: 10.1056/NEJM200403183501220. N Engl J Med. 2004. PMID: 15028835 No abstract available.

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