Epidemiology and medical management of body‐packers in French Guiana between 2010 and 2015

Epidemiology and medical management of body‐packers in French Guiana between 2010 and 2015

Abstract Background French Guiana is used as a drug trafficking pipeline of cocaine to Europe. The number of arrests for transporting cocaine in corpore has increased exponentially in recent years. Since 2010, Cayenne Hospital's emergency care unit has applied a medical management protocol syst...

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Main Authors: Clemence Bonnefoy, Mathieu Nacher, Gerald Egmann, Agathe Pastre, Vincent About, Daniel Jeanbourquin, Dominique Louvel, Karim Hamiche, Timothee Bonifay
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2022-04-01
Series:Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open
Subjects:
body packer
body packing
cocaine
drug
French Guiana
mule
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/emp2.12603

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https://doi.org/10.1002/emp2.12603

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