Detection of drugs of forensic importance in postmortem bone

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 40-44

  McGrath, Kelly K ^a,b   Jenkins, Amanda J ^a,c  

^a Office of the Cuyahoga County Coroner   (United States)

^b Crime Lab   (United States)

^c Lake County Crime Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone; Drugs postmortem

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BENZOYLECGONINE; COCAINE; CODEINE; DIAZEPAM; HYDROCODONE; MORPHINE 6 ACETATE; NORDAZEPAM; OPIATE; OXYCODONE; DRUG; DRUG DERIVATIVE; HOMOCOCAINE; NARCOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD LEVEL; BONE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG INTOXICATION; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIQUID LIQUID EXTRACTION; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; ADDICTION; AGED; CHEMISTRY; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEWBORN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BENZODIAZEPINES; BONE AND BONES; COCAINE; FEMALE; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARCOTICS; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 65249138207     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAF.0b013e31818738c9     Document Type: Article

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