Nicotine and cotinine levels in body fluids of smokers who committed suicide

Forensic Science International

Volumn 168, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 102-105

  Moriya, Fumio ^a   Hashimoto, Yoshiaki ^a   Furumiya, Junichi ^a  

^a KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blood; Cotinine; Gas chromatography; Nicotine; Smoking; Suicide; Urine

Indexed keywords

COTININE; DIAZEPAM; MIANSERIN; NICOTINE; NORDAZEPAM; PHENOBARBITAL; PROMETHAZINE; TRIHEXYPHENIDYL;

ARTICLE; BODY FLUID; CIGARETTE SMOKING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUICIDE; URINALYSIS;

EID: 34247282697     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2006.06.049     Document Type: Article

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