Illicit drugs in alternative biological specimens: A case report

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 132-135

  Margalho, Cláudia ^a   Franco, João ^a   Corte Real, Francisco ^a   Vieira, Duarte Nuno ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE MEDICINA LEGAL E CIÊNCIAS FORENSES   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Alternative specimens; Gas chromatography mass spectrometry; Illicit drugs; Solid phase extraction

Indexed keywords

BENZOYLECGONINE; COCAINE; CODEINE; ECGONINE METHYL ESTER; ILLICIT DRUG; MORPHINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; VITREOUS BODY;

ADULT; COCAINE; CODEINE; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; MORPHINE; NARCOTICS; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 79952994495     PISSN: 1752928X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jflm.2010.12.006     Document Type: Article

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