Free oxycodone concentrations in 67 postmortem cases from the hennepin county medical examiner's office

Journal of Analytical Toxicology

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 673-679

  Thompson, Jonathan G ^a   Vanderwerf, Steve ^b   Seningen, Justin ^b   Carr, Mary ^a   Kloss, Julie ^c   Apple, Fred S ^b,c  

^a North Hennepin Community College   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYCODONE;

ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CAUSE OF DEATH; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG OVERDOSE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 56449094177     PISSN: 01464760     EISSN: 01464760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jat/32.8.673     Document Type: Article

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