GC/MS determination of zolpidem in postmortem specimens in a voluntary intoxication

Forensic Science International

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 103-108

  Keller, Thomas ^a   Schneider, Andrea ^a   Tutsch Bauer, Edith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Drug abuse; GC MS; Ivadal ; Overdose; Toxicology; Zolpidem

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; CLOZAPINE; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; IVADAL; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZOLPIDEM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BODY FLUID; CASE REPORT; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG ISOLATION; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INGESTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TABLET;

EID: 0032714479     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-0738(99)00185-1     Document Type: Article

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