Postmortem carisoprodol and meprobamate concentrations in blood and liver: Lack of significant redistribution

Journal of Analytical Toxicology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 177-181

  McIntyre, Iain M ^a   Sherrard, James ^a   Lucas, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5 ETHYL 5,4 TOLYBARBITURIC ACID; ALCOHOL; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CARISOPRODOL; MEPROBAMATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE AGENT; CENTRAL MUSCLE RELAXANT;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG LIVER LEVEL; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SCREENING; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY WITH FLAME IONIZATION DETECTION; HUMAN; INGESTION; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; LIVER; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; METABOLITE; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; ADDICTION; BLOOD; CADAVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSIS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

CARISOPRODOL; DIAGNOSIS; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; LIVER; MEPROBAMATE; MUSCLE RELAXANTS, CENTRAL; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84863583879     PISSN: 01464760     EISSN: 19452403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jat/bks011     Document Type: Article

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