Ocfentanil overdose fatality in the recreational drug scene

Forensic Science International

Volumn 266, Issue , 2016, Pages 469-473

  Coopman, Vera ^a   Cordonnier, Jan ^a   De Leeuw, Marc ^b,c   Cirimele, Vincent ^d  

^a Eurofins Medinet Inc   (United States)

^b Algemeen Stedelijk Ziekenhuis   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d Laboratoire ChemTox   (France)

Author keywords

Fentanyl analogue; New psychoactive substances (NPS); Ocfentanil; Tissue distribution; Ultra performance liquid chromatography mass spectrometry (UPLC MS)

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; FENTANYL; OCFENTANIL; PARACETAMOL; PIPERIDINE DERIVATIVE; STREET DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; DIODE; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG SCREENING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERNET; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; LIQUID LIQUID EXTRACTION; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MEDICAL HISTORY; POWDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECREATION; REVERSED PHASE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SNORTING; TOXICOLOGY; DRUG OVERDOSE; FATALITY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PATHOLOGY; POSTMORTEM CHANGE;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ADOLESCENT; CAFFEINE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; DRUG OVERDOSE; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PIPERIDINES; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; STREET DRUGS;

EID: 85007349728     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2016.07.005     Document Type: Article

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