Drug concentrations in post-mortem femoral blood compared with therapeutic concentrations in plasma

Drug Testing and Analysis

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 308-316

  Launiainen, Terhi ^a   Ojanperä, Ilkka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Blood; Cause of death; Drug concentration; Post mortem drug redistribution; Post mortem toxicology

Indexed keywords

BLOOD;

BLOOD; BLOOD PLASMA; CAUSES OF DEATH; CONCENTRATION DISTRIBUTIONS; DRUG CONCENTRATION; POST MORTEM; POST-MORTEM DRUG REDISTRIBUTION; POST-MORTEM TOXICOLOGY; THERAPEUTIC DRUGS;

FORENSIC SCIENCE;

ACEBUTOLOL; ALCOHOL; ALPRAZOLAM; AMIODARONE; AMITRIPTYLINE; AMLODIPINE; AMPHETAMINE; ATENOLOL; BETAXOLOL; BIPERIDEN; BISOPROLOL; BUPIVACAINE; BUPRENORPHINE; CAFFEINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CARVEDILOL; CELIPROLOL; CETIRIZINE; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; CHLOROQUINE; CHLORPROMAZINE; CHLORPROTHIXENE; CITALOPRAM; CLONAZEPAM; CLOZAPINE; CODEINE; CYCLIZINE; DEXTROMETHORPHAN; NORDAZEPAM; UNINDEXED DRUG; DRUG;

ADULT; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA BASE; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG INTOXICATION; FATALITY; FEMALE; FEMUR; FINLAND; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOLOGIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VENOUS BLOOD; AGED; BLOOD; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMORTEM CHANGE;

ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; POSTMORTEM CHANGES;

EID: 84898446331     PISSN: 19427603     EISSN: 19427611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dta.1507     Document Type: Article

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