Putrefactive pleural effusions as an alternative sample for drug quantification

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 343-346

  Sims, D N ^a   Lokan, R J ^a   James, R A ^a   Felgate, P D ^a   Felgate, H E ^a   Gardiner, J ^a   Vozzo, D C ^a  

^a FORENSIC SCIENCE SA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Drugs; Pleural effusion; Putrefaction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG INTOXICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PLEURA EFFUSION; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS;

AUTOPSY; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; HUMANS; LIVER; OVERDOSE; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 0033376834     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000433-199912000-00006     Document Type: Article

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