TY - JOUR PY - 1989// TI - A fatality involving secobarbital, nitrazepam, and codeine JO - American journal of forensic medicine and pathology A1 - Tracqui, A. A1 - Kintz, P. A1 - Mangin, Patrice A1 - Lugnier, A. A. A1 - Chaumont, A. J. SP - 130 EP - 133 VL - 10 IS - 2 N2 - 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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