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Nikolas P. Lemos
Researcher at Queen Mary University of London
Publications - 22
Citations - 433
Nikolas P. Lemos is an academic researcher from Queen Mary University of London. The author has contributed to research in topics: Poison control & Forensic toxicology. The author has an hindex of 10, co-authored 21 publications receiving 371 citations. Previous affiliations of Nikolas P. Lemos include University of California, San Francisco & University of Glasgow.
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Synthetic cannabinoid drug use as a cause or contributory cause of death
Laura M. Labay,James L. Caruso,Thomas P. Gilson,Rebecca Jufer Phipps,Laura D. Knight,Nikolas P. Lemos,Iain M. McIntyre,Robert Stoppacher,Lee Marie Tormos,Andrea L. Wiens,Erica Williams,Barry K. Logan +11 more
TL;DR: The results show that some deaths are being attributed to synthetic cannabinoids, with the highest risk areas being behavioral toxicity resulting in excited delirium, trauma or accidents and as contributing factors in subjects with pre-existing cardiopulmonary disease.
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Opioid Overdose Deaths in the City and County of San Francisco: Prevalence, Distribution, and Disparities
Adam J. Visconti,Adam J. Visconti,Glenn-Milo Santos,Nikolas P. Lemos,Catherine Burke,Phillip O. Coffin +5 more
TL;DR: Decedents in high-poverty areas were significantly more likely to die from methadone and cocaine, whereas individuals from more affluent areas were more likely die from oxycodone and benzodiazepines.
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Nail analysis for drugs of abuse : Extraction and determination of cannabis in fingernails by RIA and GC-MS
TL;DR: Fingernails are potentially useful biological specimens for the detection of past cannabis use in cases of medicolegal interest.
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Cannabinoids in postmortem toxicology.
Nikolas P. Lemos,Eric A. Ingle +1 more
TL;DR: This study is the first of its kind and demonstrates the usefulness of cannabinoid analyses as part of death investigations and provides distribution data that will improve the ability of toxicologists and pathologists to evaluate cannabinoid concentrations in human postmortem specimens.
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Driving Under the Influence of Synthetic Cannabinoid Receptor Agonist XLR‐11
TL;DR: This is the first documented case involving a driver operating a motor vehicle under the influence of the synthetic cannabinoid receptor agonist XLR‐11.