Citation

Tracqui A, Kintz P, Mangin P, Lugnier AA, Chaumont AJ. Am. J. Forensic Med. Pathol. 1989; 10(2): 130-133.

Affiliation

Institute of Legal Medicine, Strasbourg, France.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1989, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2741867

Abstract

A fatal case involving the suicidal ingestion of secobarbital, nitrazepam, and codeine is presented. The drugs were quantified using gas chromatography for codeine and high-performance liquid chromatography for the two other drugs. The blood concentrations of secobarbital, nitrazepam, and codeine were found to be 11.48, 1.72, and 0.036 microgram/ml, respectively. Results are discussed in the light of the existing literature.

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