Toxicological Data after Heroin Overdose
- 1 November 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Human Toxicology
- Vol. 8 (6), 487-489
- https://doi.org/10.1177/096032718900800609
Abstract
Capillary gas chromatography with selective nitrogen detection was employed to quantify morphine and 6-monoacetylmorphine in biological fluids and tissues in five deaths attributed to heroin injection overdose. The minimum lethal concentration found was 0.021 μg morphine per ml of blood. In all cases, 6-monoacetylmorphine was identified in urine, confirming heroin abuse.This publication has 10 references indexed in Scilit:
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