Detection of acute fentanyl exposure in fresh and decomposed skeletal tissues part II: The effect of dose-death interval

Forensic Science International

Volumn 194, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 60-66

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

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bone; Drug; ELISA; Fentanyl; Forensic toxicology

Indexed keywords

BUFFER; FENTANYL; METHANOL; PHOSPHATE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTENT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPOSITION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TISSUE CULTURE; TISSUE TYPES;

EID: 72149124207     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2009.10.008     Document Type: Article

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