Medicolegal aspects of tetrazepam metabolism

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 169-174

  Pavlic, Marion ^a   Libiseller, Kathrin ^a   Grubwieser, Petra ^a   Schubert, Heinrich ^a   Rabl, Walter ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Diazepam; Forensic toxicology; Nordazepam; Tetrazepam

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; NORDAZEPAM; TETRAZEPAM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG EXCRETION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG URINE LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; METABOLITE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICOLOGY;

ADULT; BENZODIAZEPINES; DIAZEPAM; FEMALE; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HALF-LIFE; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MUSCLE RELAXANTS, CENTRAL; NORDAZEPAM;

EID: 34249885826     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: 14371596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-006-0118-6     Document Type: Article

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