Fentanyl concentrations in 23 postmortem cases from the Hennepin County Medical Examiner's Office

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 978-981

  Thompson, Jonathan G ^a   Baker, Andrew M ^a   Bracey, Anne H ^a   Seningen, Justin ^a   Kloss, Julie S ^b   Strobl, A Quinn ^b   Apple, Fred S ^b,c  

^a North Hennepin Community College   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cause of death; Fentanyl; Forensic science; Postmortem

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL;

ADULT; AUTOPSY; CADAVER; CHRONIC PAIN; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG OVERDOSE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; FENTANYL; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; MINNESOTA; NARCOTICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34250348062     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2007.00481.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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