Application of the Cozart DDS system to postmortem screening of drugs of abuse in vitreous humor

Forensic Toxicology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 90-93

  Fernández, Amparo Arroyo ^a   Amigó, Narciso ^b   Carboné, M Teresa ^a   Mora, Agustí ^a   Pinto, Mariana ^a   Beltran, Joan ^c   Gassó, Sergio ^c  

^a Laboratory Service from the Legal Medicine Institute of Catalonia   (Spain)

^b Environmental Service   (Spain)

^c Cozart Bioscience Ltd ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cocaine; Cozart DDS; Drug of abuse; On site screening; Opiate; Vitreous humor

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; BENZOYLECGONINE; CANNABIS; COCAINE; METHAMPHETAMINE; OPIATE; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CADAVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; COZART DDS SYSTEM; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG ANALYSIS; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG INTOXICATION; FEMALE; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VITREOUS BODY;

CANNABIS;

EID: 68349098967     PISSN: 18608965     EISSN: 18608973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11419-009-0071-4     Document Type: Article

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