Concentration ratios of free-morphine to free-codeine in femoral blood in heroin-related poisoning deaths

Legal Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 171-173

  Jones, A Wayne ^a   Holmgren, Anita ^a  

^a National Board of Forensic Medicine   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Codeine; Heroin deaths; Morphine; Morphine codeine ratio; Opiates

Indexed keywords

CODEINE; DIAMORPHINE; DRUG METABOLITE; ILLICIT DRUG; ISOTOPE; MORPHINE; MORPHINE 6 ACETATE;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG INTOXICATION; FEMORAL VEIN; FREE MORPHINE FREE CODEINE CONCENTRATION RATIO; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; ISOTOPE DILUTION ASSAY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PHARMACOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION;

CODEINE; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HEROIN; HUMANS; MORPHINE; MORPHINE DERIVATIVES; NARCOTICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79957580225     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: 18734162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2011.02.002     Document Type: Article

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