Acute methylone intoxication in an accidental drowning - A case report

Forensic Science International

Volumn 231, Issue 1-3, 2013, Pages

  McIntyre, Iain M ^a   Hamm, Catherine E ^a   Aldridge, Lenore ^a   Nelson, Craig L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION   (United States)

Author keywords

Fatality; Methylone; Postmortem concentrations; Postmortem distribution; Redistribution

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; ACETONITRILE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BUPRENORPHINE; CANNABINOID DERIVATIVE; CANNABIS; CARISOPRODOL; COCAINE; FENTANYL; METHADONE; METHAMPHETAMINE; METHYLONE; OPIATE DERIVATIVE; OXYCODONE; ZOLPIDEM;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DROWNING; DRUG INTOXICATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGOR MORTIS; SEASHORE; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION;

FATALITY; METHYLONE; POSTMORTEM CONCENTRATIONS; POSTMORTEM DISTRIBUTION; REDISTRIBUTION;

ACCIDENTS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; DRONABINOL; DROWNING; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; HUMANS; LIVER; METHAMPHETAMINE; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; VITREOUS BODY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880801299     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2013.06.005     Document Type: Article

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