Hair morphine concentrations of fatal heroin overdose cases and living heroin users

Addiction

Volumn 97, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 977-984

  Darke, Shane ^a   Hall, Wayne ^a   Kaye, Sharlene ^a   Ross, Joanne ^a   Duflou, Johan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hair; Heroin; Morphine; Overdose

Indexed keywords

DIAMORPHINE; MORPHINE; STREET DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG OVERDOSE; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HAIR ANALYSIS; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; POLICE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTOPSY; FEMALE; HAIR; HEROIN; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MORPHINE; NARCOTICS; NEW SOUTH WALES; OVERDOSE;

EID: 0036345767     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1360-0443.2002.00148.x     Document Type: Article

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