Post-mortem toxicological urine screening in cause of death determination

Human and Experimental Toxicology

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1165-1173

  Ceelen, Manon ^a   Dorn, Tina ^a   Buster, Marcel ^a   Stomp, Joris ^a   Zweipfenning, Peter ^b   Das, Kees ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Netherlands)

^b Atal Medical Diagnostic Center   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

cause of death determination; drugs screening; forensic medicine; post mortem toxicology

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; ALCOHOL; AMPHETAMINE; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE; CANNABIS; COCAINE; METHADONE; METHAMPHETAMINE; MORPHINE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; POSTMORTEM TOXICOLOGICAL URINE SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUPRAPUBIC ASPIRATION; URETHRAL CATHETERIZATION; URINALYSIS;

CAUSE OF DEATH; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; POISONING; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; URINE;

EID: 80052552475     PISSN: 09603271     EISSN: 14770903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0960327110390063     Document Type: Article

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