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Identifying cases of heroin toxicity where 6-acetylmorphine (6-AM) is not detected by toxicological analyses
PURPOSE: Heroin has a half-life of 2–6 min and is metabolized too quickly to be detected in autopsy samples. The presence of 6-acetylmophine (6-AM) in urine, blood, or other samples is convincing evidence of heroin use by a decedent, but 6-AM itself has a half-life of 6–25 min before it is hydrolyze...
| Autores principales: | , , , |
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Springer US
2016
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4967084/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27114260 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12024-016-9780-2 |