Post-mortem redistribution of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA, "ecstasy") in the rabbit. Part II: Post-mortem infusion in trachea or stomach

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 225-232

  De Letter, Els A ^a   Belpaire, Frans M ^b   Clauwaert, Karine M ^a   Lambert, Willy E ^a   Van Bocxlaer, Jan F ^a   Piette, Michel H A ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

3,4 Methylenedioxyamphetamine (MDA); 3,4 Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA); Post mortem redistribution; Post mortem tracheal and gastric infusion; Rabbits

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; 3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARCASS; CHRONOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; INTOXICATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; STOMACH; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TOXICOKINETICS; TRACHEA;

EID: 0036937687     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-002-0293-z     Document Type: Article

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