Effects of morphine in decomposing bodies on the development of Lucilia sericata (Diptera: Calliphoridae)

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 354-358

  Bourel, Benoit ^a,b   Hédouin, Valéry ^a   Martin Bouyer, Luck ^a,b   Bécart, Anne ^a   Tournel, Gilles ^a   Deveaux, Marc ^a   Gosset, Didier ^a  

^a Facul de Med   (France)

^b Faculte Libre des Sciences et Technologies   (France)

Author keywords

Calliphoridae; Entomotoxicology; Forensic entomology; Forensic science; Lucilia sericata; Morphine; Postmortem interval; Rabbit

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARCASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPOSITION; FLY; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; GROWTH RATE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; TISSUE LEVEL;

EID: 0345491056     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs14463j     Document Type: Article

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