Unusually high concentrations in a fatal GHB case

Journal of Analytical Toxicology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 582-585

  Kintz, Pascal ^a   Villain, Marion ^a   Pélissier, Anne Laure ^b   Cirimele, Vincent ^a   Leonetti, Georges ^b  

^a X'pertise Consulting   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; 4 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ACETONITRILE; GLASS; SODIUM HYDROXIDE;

ACIDIFICATION; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BILE; BLOOD; CADAVER; CAPILLARY CHROMATOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CENTRIFUGATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; DERIVATIZATION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG FATALITY; EVAPORATION; EXTRACTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HAIR; HEART; HIGH TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCUBATION TIME; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PIPETTE; STOMACH JUICE; SUPERNATANT; TUBE; URINE; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 27744486872     PISSN: 01464760     EISSN: 01464760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jat/29.6.582     Document Type: Article

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