Detection of acute fentanyl exposure in fresh and decomposed skeletal tissues

Forensic Science International

Volumn 185, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 100-106

  Lafrenière, Nelson M ^a   Watterson, James H ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bone; Drug; ELISA; Fentanyl; Forensic toxicology; Immunoassay

Indexed keywords

BUFFER; FENTANYL; METHANOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DECOMPOSITION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIPHYSIS; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PELVIC GIRDLE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

EID: 60449108962     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2008.12.019     Document Type: Article

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