Methadone substitution: Medicolegal problems in Germany

Forensic Science International

Volumn 133, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 118-124

  Musshoff, Frank ^a   Lachenmeier, Dirk W ^a   Madea, Burkhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Driving; Drug deaths; Medicolegal problems; Methadone; Prescription rules; Substitution

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMPHETAMINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; CANNABINOID; COCAINE; METHADONE; MORPHINE;

ADULT; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GERMANY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIQUID LIQUID EXTRACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0038367956     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-0738(03)00057-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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