GHB: Club drug or confusing artifact?

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 266-269

  Karch, Steven B ^a   Stephens, Boyd G ^a   Nazareno, Glenn V ^a  

^a CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

Author keywords

Artifact; Citrate buffer; Drug abuse; Ethanol; GHB; Postmortem

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; 4 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; ALCOHOL; BUFFER; CITRIC ACID; COCAINE; FLUORIDE SODIUM; METHAMPHETAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUNKENNESS; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; RESPIRATORY ARREST; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; AUTOPSY; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; ETHANOL; FEMALE; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMANS; MALE; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; SODIUM OXYBATE; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034852273     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000433-200109000-00013     Document Type: Article

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