Correlation of the incidence of cocaine and cocaethylene in hair and postmortem biologic samples

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 166-171

  Gruszecki, Amy C ^a   Robinson Jr , C Andrew ^b   Embry, Joseph H ^c   Davis, Gregory G ^b,d  

^a Mercy Hospital   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cocaethylene; Cocaine; Death; Hair; Postmortem change; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; HOMOCOCAINE;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CADAVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SCREENING; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

AUTOPSY; COCAINE; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; ENZYME MULTIPLIED IMMUNOASSAY TECHNIQUE; ETHANOL; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HAIR; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0034090106     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000433-200006000-00015     Document Type: Article

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