Analysis of etorphine in postmortem samples by HPLC with UV diode-array detection

Forensic Science International

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 9-16

  Elliott, Simon P ^a   Hale, Keith A ^a  

^a CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acepromazine; Etorphine; Forensic; HPLC DAD; Immobilon( ); Toxicology

Indexed keywords

ACEPROMAZINE; CHLOROCRESOL; CINCHOCAINE; DIPRENORPHINE; DRUG METABOLITE; ETORPHINE; IMMOBILON; LARGE ANIMAL IMMOBILON; LETHOBARB; PHENOBARBITAL; SECOBARBITAL; SOMULOSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG OVERDOSE; FATALITY; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; SUICIDE; TECHNIQUE; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 0032986728     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-0738(99)00009-2     Document Type: Article

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