Site-, Technique-, and Time-Related Aspects of the Postmortem Redistribution of Diazepam, Methadone, Morphine, and their Metabolites: Interest of Popliteal Vein Blood Sampling
LEMAIRE, Eric ; Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Service d'anatomie et cytologie pathologiques
SCHMIDT, Carl; University of Michigan > Department of Pathology
DUBOIS, Nathalie ; Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Service de toxicologie
CHARLIER, Corinne ; Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Service de toxicologie
Boxho, Philippe ; Université de Liège > Département des sciences de la santé publique > Médecine légale - Criminalistique
DENOOZ, Raphael ; Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Service de toxicologie
Language :
English
Title :
Site-, Technique-, and Time-Related Aspects of the Postmortem Redistribution of Diazepam, Methadone, Morphine, and their Metabolites: Interest of Popliteal Vein Blood Sampling
Publication date :
2017
Journal title :
Journal of Forensic Sciences
ISSN :
0022-1198
eISSN :
1556-4029
Publisher :
ASTM International, Philadelphia, United States - Pennsylvania
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