TY - JOUR PY - 1978// TI - Medical toxicology: a primer for the medicolegal age JO - Clinical toxicology (Dekker) A1 - Ellenhorn, M. J. SP - 439 EP - 462 VL - 13 IS - 4 N2 - The medicolegal medical toxicologist is described: What they do, what toxicology is, how the toxicologist moves in a world of regulations, chemicals, differential diagnosis, and treatment of poisoning; his or her knowledge as an expert witness in evaluation of serious adverse drug reactions, medical malpractice, and poisoning cases; and the toxicologist's awareness of the role of alcohol, the problem of causation of death, and the limitations of the laboratory are discussed.
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LA - en SN - 0009-9309 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/15563657808988250 ID - ref1 ER -