'Lingering' opiate deaths? Concentration of opiates in medulla and femoral Blood

Journal of Analytical Toxicology

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 507-511

  Naso Kaspar, Claire K ^a   Herndon, Grant W ^b   Wyman, John F ^a   Felo, Joseph A ^a   Lavins, Eric S ^a   Gilson, Thomas P ^a  

^a Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner's Office   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CODEINE; DIAMORPHINE; MORPHINE; MORPHINE 6 ACETATE; NALORPHINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD; BRONCHITIS; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG BRAIN LEVEL; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG INTOXICATION; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; FEMALE; FEMORAL BLOOD; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ION MONITORING; LIPOPHILICITY; LOBAR PNEUMONIA; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG WEIGHT; MALE; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MICROSCOPY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; URINE; VITREOUS BODY;

ADULT; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CALIBRATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CODEINE; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LUNG; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHINE; MORPHINE DERIVATIVES; ORGAN SIZE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84888868611     PISSN: 01464760     EISSN: 19452403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jat/bkt061     Document Type: Article

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