Postmortem toxicology

Forensic Science, Medicine, and Pathology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 314-325

  Skopp, Gisela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Analysis; Antemortem factors; Autolysis; Changes during the postmortem interval; Drug redistribution; Putrefaction; Selection of samples; Specimen collection

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ARTIFACT; AUTOPSY; BODY FLUID; CADAVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHEMISTRY; DRUG THERAPY; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MORTALITY; PHARMACOKINETICS; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ARTIFACTS; AUTOPSY; BODY FLUIDS; CAUSE OF DEATH; DRUG THERAPY; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; HUMANS; PHARMACOKINETICS; POISONING; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 77956876794     PISSN: 1547769X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12024-010-9150-4     Document Type: Review

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