Postmortem data related to drug and toxic substance use in the Federal District, Brazil, from 2006 to 2008

Forensic Science International

Volumn 200, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 136-140

  Campelo, Emanuele Lazzaretti Cordova ^a   Caldas, Eloisa Dutra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Brazil; Drugs of abuse; Pesticides; Postmortem samples

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALDICARB; AMPHETAMINE DERIVATIVE; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; COCAINE; OPIATE; PESTICIDE; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAZIL; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPOVOLEMIA; IMMUNOASSAY; INJURY; INTOXICATION; LIVER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STOMACH; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; URINALYSIS;

EID: 77953915141     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2010.04.002     Document Type: Article

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