'ADAM' or 'EVE'? - A toxicological conundrum

Forensic Science International

Volumn 77, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 101-108

  Cox, Diana E ^a   Williams, Keith R ^a  

^a Dundee Royal Infirmary   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3,4 methylenedioxpamphetamines; Amphetamine; Culpable homicide; Fatal poisoning

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY FLUID; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; FATALITY; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICOLOGY;

EID: 0030027616     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0379-0738(95)01846-8     Document Type: Article

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