Evaluation of postmortem redistribution phenomena for commonly encountered drugs

Forensic Science International

Volumn 219, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 265-271

  Han, Eunyoung ^a   Kim, Eunmi ^a   Hong, Hyojeong ^a   Jeong, Sujin ^a   Kim, Jihyun ^a   In, Sangwhan ^a   Chung, Heesun ^a   Lee, Sangki ^a  

^a National Forensic Service   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cardiac blood; Peripheral blood; Postmortem redistribution

Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM; AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZATROPINE; BROMAZEPAM; CARBAMAZEPINE; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; CHLORPROMAZINE; CODEINE; DIAZEPAM; DICLOFENAC; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; DOXYLAMINE; FLUOXETINE; KETAMINE; LORAZEPAM; MIRTAZAPINE; NORDAZEPAM; NORTRIPTYLINE; ORPHENADRINE; PARACETAMOL; PROPOFOL; PROPRANOLOL; PROXYPHYLLINE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT; SERTRALINE; TRAZODONE; ZOLPIDEM;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CARDIAC BLOOD; CAUSE OF DEATH; DISTRIBUTION VOLUME; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG CLASSIFICATION; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; HUMAN; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PHARMACOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; POSTMORTEM DRUG REDISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 84862782217     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2012.01.016     Document Type: Article

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