Postmortem tissue distribution of morphine and its metabolites in a series of heroin related deaths
- Submitting institution
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Abertay University
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 17656386
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1002/dta.2492
- Title of journal
- Drug Testing and Analysis
- Article number
- -
- First page
- 292
- Volume
- 11
- Issue
- 2
- ISSN
- 1942-7603
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
- August
- Year of publication
- 2018
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Request cross-referral to
- -
- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
- -
- Forensic science
- Yes
- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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6
- Research group(s)
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B - Forensics
- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- Postmortem Forensic toxicology involves the interpretation of the concentrations of drugs in body tissues to help determine the cause of death. One problem is that due to decomposition the standard samples (such as blood) may not be available. This work explores the distribution of morphine in a variety of tissue in a series of heroin deaths thus allowing the best samples to be selected when investigating heroin use in severely decomposed bodies.
- Author contribution statement
- -
- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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