Entomotoxicology for the forensic toxicologist: Much ado about nothing?

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 194-196

  Tracqui, A ^a   Keyser Tracqui, C ^a   Kintz, P ^a   Ludes, B ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE MÉDECINE LÉGALE   (France)

Author keywords

Analysis; Diptera larvae; Entomology; Entomotoxicology; Forensic entomology; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

ALIMEMAZINE; ALPRAZOLAM; AMITRIPTYLINE; AMOBARBITAL; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BROMAZEPAM; CANNABINOID DERIVATIVE; CHLORPROMAZINE; CLOMIPRAMINE; CODEINE; CYAMEMAZINE; DIGOXIN; DOSULEPIN; FLUOXETINE; LEVOMEPROMAZINE; LORAZEPAM; MEPROBAMATE; MORPHINE; NEFOPAM; NORDAZEPAM; OPIATE DERIVATIVE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; OXAZEPAM; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENOTHIAZINE DERIVATIVE; TRIAZOLAM; UNINDEXED DRUG; VENLAFAXINE;

ARTHROPOD; AUTOPSY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG DETERMINATION; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; TOXICOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; ZOOLOGY;

EID: 1542321904     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-004-0442-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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