Detection of Bromisovalum from the Bone Marrow of Skeletonized Human Remains: A case report with a comparison between gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) and high-performance liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry (LC/MS)

Medicine, Science and the Law

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 248-253

  Maeda, H ^a   Oritani, S ^a   Nagai, K ^a   Tanaka, T ^b   Tanaka, N ^b  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROMISOVAL; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; CADAVER; CASE REPORT; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

BONE MARROW; BROMISOVALUM; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; OVERDOSE; POSTMORTEM CHANGES;

EID: 0031181857     PISSN: 00258024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002580249703700310     Document Type: Article

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