Identifying cases of heroin toxicity where 6-acetylmorphine (6-AM) is not detected by toxicological analyses

Forensic Science, Medicine, and Pathology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 243-247

  Ellis, Ashley D ^a   McGwin, Gerald ^b   Davis, Gregory G ^b   Dye, Daniel W ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Codeine toxicity; Death certification; Drug abuse; Forensic pathology; Forensic toxicology; Heroin toxicity; Morphine toxicity

Indexed keywords

6-O-MONOACETYLMORPHINE; CODEINE; DIAMORPHINE; MORPHINE; MORPHINE DERIVATIVE; NARCOTIC AGENT;

BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; HALF LIFE TIME; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; POSTMORTEM CHANGE; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; URINE;

CODEINE; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; HALF-LIFE; HEROIN; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; MORPHINE; MORPHINE DERIVATIVES; NARCOTICS; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 84964425523     PISSN: 1547769X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12024-016-9780-2     Document Type: Article

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