Death after use of the synthetic cannabinoid 5F-AMB

Forensic Science International

Volumn 262, Issue , 2016, Pages e21-e24

  Shanks, Kevin G ^a   Behonick, George S ^a  

^a AIT Laboratories   (United States)

Author keywords

5F AMB; Death; LC MS MS; Synthetic cannabinoid

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ALCOHOL; CANNABINOID DERIVATIVE; DRUG METABOLITE; HEXANE; METHYL 2 [1 (5 FLUOROPENTYL) 1H INDAZOLE 3 CARBOXAMIDO] 3 METHYLBUTANOATE; OPIATE DERIVATIVE; OXYCODONE; OXYMORPHONE; SYNTHETIC CANNABINOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CANNABINOID; DESIGNER DRUG;

ACCIDENTAL DEATH; ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INCENSE; INTOXICATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUID LIQUID EXTRACTION; MALE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRUPOLE MASS SPECTROMETRY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYNTHETIC CANNABINOID TOXICITY; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; TOXICITY TESTING; ACCIDENT; BLOOD; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY;

ACCIDENTS; ADULT; CANNABINOIDS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; DESIGNER DRUGS; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; HUMANS; LIQUID-LIQUID EXTRACTION; MALE; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 84961775078     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2016.03.004     Document Type: Article

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