Fentanyl patches left on dead bodies - Potential source of drug for abusers

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 320-321

  Flannagan, Lisa M ^a,b   Butts, John D ^a   Anderson, William H ^a  

^a Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (North Carolina)   (United States)

^b Broward County Medical Examiner's Office   (United States)

Author keywords

death; drug abuse; fentanyl; forensic science; transdermal

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CANCER PAIN; CASE REPORT; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG OVERDOSE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NURSING HOME; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICOLOGY;

EID: 0030009259     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs15436j     Document Type: Article

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