Post-mortem drug concentrations

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 183-187

  Kennedy, M C ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Drug levels after death; Post mortem drugs; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; ALCOHOL; AMITRIPTYLINE; CHLORPROMAZINE; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; DOXEPIN; IMIPRAMINE; THIORIDAZINE; VENLAFAXINE;

CADAVER; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG MONITORING; HUMAN; LC 50; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; HUMANS; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 77949586353     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2009.02111.x     Document Type: Review

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