Erratum to: Reliability of Postmortem Fentanyl Concentrations in Determining the Cause of Death[Journal of Medical Toxicology(2015), DOI 10.1007/s13181-012-0253-z];Reliability of Postmortem Fentanyl Concentrations in Determining the Cause of Death

Journal of Medical Toxicology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 34-41

  Gill, James R ^a   Lin, Peter T ^a   Nelson, Lewis ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fatality; Fentanyl; Forensic pathology; Intoxication; Toxicology; Transdermal

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL;

ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORONER; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG INTOXICATION; FEMALE; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDE;

EID: 84874255626     PISSN: 15569039     EISSN: 19376995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13181-014-0427-y     Document Type: Erratum

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