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Langman, Loralie J. PhD*, Provincial Toxicology Centre, Riverview Hospital, North Lawn Unit, 2601 Lougheed Highway, Coquitlam, BC V3C 4J2, Canada; and Tej Sidhu, British Columbia Coroners Service, Suite 2035, 4720 Kingsway, Burnaby, BC V5h 4N2, Canada Langman, Loralie J. PhD*, Provincial Toxicology Centre, Riverview Hospital, North Lawn, 500 Lougheed Highway, Port Coquitlam, British Columbia V3C 4J2, Canada Lau*, Gilbert Danny Lo, Yi Jo Yao, Hsaio Thung Leong, and Cheng Leng Chan, Centre for Forensic Medicine, Health Sciences Authority, 11 Outram Road, Singapore 169078 Lee, Dayong MS, and Allan J. Barnes, BS, National Institute on Drug Abuse, 251 Bayview Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21224; Robert S. Goodwin, PhD, NIDA Intramural Research Program, Chemistry & Drug Metabolism Section, 251 Bayview Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21224; Jussi Hirvonen, PhD, National Institute of Mental Health, Building 31, Room B2B37, 31 Center Drive MSC 2035, Bethesda, MD 20892-2035; and Marilyn A. Huestis, PhD*, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Chemistry & Drug Metabolism, Intramural Research, NIDA, NIH, 251 Bayview Boulevard, Room 05A721, Baltimore, MD 21224 Leggett, Anna BS*, Sharla McCloskey, BS, Rachael Malfer, and Sarah Kerrigan, PhD, Sam Houston State University, College of Criminal Justice, 1003 Bowers Boulevard, Huntsville, TX 77341 Lemos, Nikolas P. MSc, PhD*, Head, Forensic Toxicology Service, Terry D. Lee, FIMLS, and David W. Holt, DSc, Forensic Toxicology Service, St. George’s Hospital Medical School, University of London, Cranmer Terrace, London, England, United Kingdom Lemos, Nikolas P. PhD*, and Ann M. Gordon, MA, San Francisco Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, 850 Bryant Street, Hall of Justice, North Terrace, San Francisco, CA 94103; and Preston J. Wong, BS, 5013 Hummingbird Lane, Plano, TX 75093 Lemos, Nikolas P. PhD*, Jennifer S. Button, BSc, Karoliina L aamenen, BSc, Terry D. Lee, and David W. Holt, DSc, Forensic Toxicology Service, St. George’s Hospital Medical School, London, England SW17 0RE, United Kingdom Lemos, Nikolas P. PhD*, Jennifer S. Button, BSc, Terry D. Lee, and David W. Holt, DSc, Forensic Toxicology Service, St. George’s Hospital Medical School, Cranmer Terrace, London, England SW17 0RE, United Kingdom Lemos, Nikolas P. PhD*, Michelle Moreton, BSc, Jennifer S. Button, BSc, Terry D. Lee, and David W. Holt, DSc, Forensic Toxicology Service, St. George’s Hospital Medical School, London, England SW17 0RE, United Kingdom Index 87 Drugs in Driving Fatalities in British Columbia, Canada 200 Death Attributed to Quetiapine Overdose 213 “Slim 10” - Slim Chance 227 Cannabinoid Concentrations in Daily Cannabis Smokers’ Oral Fluid During Prolonged Monitored Abstinence Driving Behavior and Impairment Symptoms in Cannabinoid Positive Subjects Arrested for Driving Under the Influence of Drugs (DUID) A Rapid Method for the Determination of Benzodiazepines in Postmortem Blood by HPLC-MS-MS Driving Under the Influence of Methamphetamine in the City & County of San Francisco, California Death Due to Ingestion of Tramadol in London, UK A Multi-Drug Fatality Involving the Highest Reported Level of Venlafaxine in London, UK Determination of Clozapine and Desmethylclozapine in the Postmortem Blood of a Schizophrenic Patient 23 127 241 73 214 224 225
Lemos, Nikolas P. PhD*, Steven B. Karch, MD, Elin Lin, MS, Glenn Nazareno, MD, Venus Azar, MD, Jon Smith, MD, Amy P. Hart, MD, and Boyd G. Stephens, MD, Office of Chief Medical Examiner, Hall of Justice, North Terrace, 850 Bryant Street, San Francisco, CA 94103 Lemos, Nikolas P. PhD*, Steven B. Karch, MD, Elin Lin, MS, Glenn Nazareno, MD, Venus Azar, MD, Jon Smith, MD, Amy P. Hart, MD, and Boyd G. Stephens, MD, Office of Chief Medical Examiner, Hall of Justice, North Terrace, 850 Bryant Street, San Francisco, CA 94103 Lemos, Nikolas P. PhD*, Steven B. Karch, MD, Elin Lin, MS, Venus Azar, MD, Amy P. Hart, MD, and Boyd G. Stephens, MD, Office of Chief Medical Examiner, Hall of Justice, North Terrace, 850 Bryant Street, San Francisco, CA 94103 Levine, Barry S. PhD*, Karla A. Moore, PhD, and David R. Fowler, MB, ChB, Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, State of Maryland, 111 Penn Street, Baltimore, MD 21201 Levine, Barry S. PhD, Karla A Moore, PhD*, Vera Ramcharitar, MS, Russell Ramcharitar, and David Fowler, MD, Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, 111 Penn St. Baltimore, MD Levisky, Joseph A. MS*, 1755 Applewood Ridge Court, Colorado Springs, CO 80918; and Jennifer L. Richardson, BS, Heather A. Showers, BS, and Cynthia S. Burbach, MPA, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Toxicology Laboratory, 8100 Lowry Boulevard, Denver, CO 80230 Levisky, Joseph A. MS, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, 1755 Applewood Ridge Court, Colorado Springs, CO 80918; Werner Jenkins, MS, and David L. Bowerman, MD, El Paso County Coroner’s Office, Toxicology Laboratory, 2743 East Las Vegas Street, Colorado Springs, CO 80906; and Kimberly Lenda, BA*, Angela Nelson, BS, Karen Peterson, BS, Angela Gibson, BS, and Christina Jones, BS; University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, Beth-El College of Nursing and Health Sciences, 1420 Austin Bluffs Parkway, PO Box 7150, Colorado Springs, CO 80933-7150 Lewis, Russell J. PhD*, Federal Aviation Administration, CAMI, Toxicology Lab, AAM-610, 6500 South MacArthur Boulevard, Oklahoma City, OK 3169; Robert D. Johnson, PhD, Federal Aviation Administration, Civil Aerospace Medical Institute, AAM-610, Bioaeronautical Sciences Research Laboratory, 6500 South MacArthur Boulevard., Oklahoma City, OK 73169-6901; and Dennis V. Canfield, PhD, Bioaeronautical Sciences, FAA, Civil Aeromedical Institute, AAM- 610, PO Box 25082, Oklahoma City, OK 73125-5066 Index 88 MDMA in Four Medical Examiner’s Cases in the City and County of San Francisco Fentanyl in Seven Medical Examiner’s Cases in the City and County of San Francisco Methadone Related Deaths in the City and County of San Francisco A Review of Postmortem Diltiazem Concentration Interpretation of Postmortem Diphenhydramine Concentrations Isotopic Dilution in the Analysis of Cocaine, Cocaethylene, and Benzoylecgonine in Whole Blood: Comparison of the “Traditional” to the “Direct” Application of Deuterated Drug Analogs Exsanguinating Hemorrhage From a Ruptured Gravid Uterus Resulting in Maternal and Near Full Term Infant Death Following Cocaine Abuse Use of Serotonin Metabolites in Postmortem Alcohol Determinations 185 201 185 256 233 131 68 74
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FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY Proceedings 200
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Forensic Toxicology iii
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Preface The American Academy of For
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Toxiclogy Board of Directors Repres
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Development & Accreditation; Tracie
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Analysis of Amphetamine on Swabs an
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Evaluation of Enzymatic Hydrolysis
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Identification of Markers of JWH-01
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Cannabinoid Concentrations in Daily
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Alcohol Elimination Rate Variabilit
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Preparation of Oral Fluid for Quant
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Postmortem Pediatric Toxicology Rob
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A Quick LC/MS/MS Method for the Ana
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Fatal Death of an 8-Year-Old Boy Fr
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Nine Xylazine Related Deaths in Pue
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Gas Chromatography of Postmortem Bl
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Specificity Characteristics of Bupr
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Disposition of MDMA and Metabolites
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Determination of Trace Levels of Be
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Whole Blood/Plasma Cannabinoid Rati
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Prevalence of Cocaine on Urban and
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Intoxilyzer® 8000 Stability Study
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The Role of the Forensic Expert in
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Page 50 and 51: Comparative Analysis of GHB and GHV
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Page 56 and 57: Bupropion and Its Metabolites in Tw
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Page 60 and 61: Death Due to Ingestion of Tramadol
Page 62 and 63: A Multi-Drug Fatality Involving the
Page 64 and 65: Urinary Excretion of α-Hydroxytria
Page 66 and 67: Analysis of Barbiturates by Fast GC
Page 68 and 69: A Review of Postmortem Diltiazem Co
Page 70 and 71: Analysis of Drugs From Paired Hair
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Page 76 and 77: Bévalot, Fabien MD*, Laboratoire L
Page 78 and 79: C. Bishop BS*, Sandra Bruce R. McCo
Page 80 and 81: Chen, Bud-gen BS, Fooyin University
Page 82 and 83: Couper, Fiona J. PhD*, and Rory M.
Page 84 and 85: Drees, Julia C. PhD*, Judy A. Stone
Page 86 and 87: Furton, Kenneth G. PhD, Internation
Page 88 and 89: Gray, Teresa R. MS*, National Insti
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Page 96 and 97: Kim, Nam Yee PhD*, National Institu
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Page 102 and 103: Lougee, Kevin M. BS*, Amy L. Lais,
Page 104 and 105: Mercan, Selda MSc, Institute of For
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Page 108 and 109: Negrusz, Adam PhD, DSc*, Bindu K. S
Page 110 and 111: Peters, DeMia E. MS*, Liqun L. Wong
Page 112 and 113: Rajotte, James W. MSc*, Centre of F
Page 114 and 115: Ropero-Miller, Jeri D. PhD*, RTI In
Page 116 and 117: Sasaki, Tania A. PhD*, Applied Bios
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Page 120 and 121: Staretz, Marianne E. PhD, Departmen
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Page 124 and 125: Wagner, Michael MS, PA*, Harold E.
Page 126 and 127: Winterling, Jill M. BS*, Richard T.
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Page 130 and 131: ange of years studied, drugs appear
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K36 The Uncertainty of Hair Analysi
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Results: The Intercept® device col
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collected on days 22-31, 14.8% rema
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concentrations of glucose and lacta
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A 48-year-old male was found dead o
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TOXICOLOGY Seattle 2010 Seattle 201
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scientists, as well as the importan
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toxicology in suspected narcotic ov
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Blood * Presenting Author Oxycodone
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According to the routine screening
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particle) analytical column operate
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ventilated low-lying areas. Inhalat
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may be relevant to forensic toxicol
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and one case had combined caffeine
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(16.9%), flunitrazepam (15.7%) and
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end of the run. Comparison of the r
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K42 Melendez-Diaz and Other 6th Ame
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In developing a full panel of DFSA
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including equilibration time. MS/MS
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ng/ml. The upper limit of quantitat
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to 18-years-old. Ten of the samples
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to 200 mg/dL. Samples above the lin
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which is used to relieve moderate t
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lab for drug and alcohol screening.
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elated fatalities. Methamphetamine,
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explosion. Toxicological analyses w
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and GC-MS, plus drug class specific
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incidence of methamphetamine in all
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K42 Homicide by Propofol Martha J.
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K45 Common Heroin Adulterants in Pu
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K48 Evaluation of Alcohol Markers i
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The color formation with the ferric
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explored. Opioids were chosen for a
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including pharmaco-toxicokinetic da
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of compounds typically found in ill
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Discussion: When investigating a to
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qualifier ratios. Samples containin
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BG and some cross-reactivity toward
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concentrations, almost invariably t
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nitrogen. Qualitative analysis was
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LC/MS/MS for analysis of benzodiaze
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were analyzed with each batch of sa
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concentration will decrease signifi
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and the meprobamate. To explain thi
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plasma drug concentrations. Oral fl
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significant correlation existed bet
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to an increase in the frequency of
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matrix despite extensive mixing pri
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y SPE (Clean Screen ® ZSTHC020 ext
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0.18 mg/L in aortic blood and 2.1 m
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munoassay. Identification and quant
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The fluctuations in the child’s u
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AMP BZE OPI PCP THCA ADULT INV SUBS
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Table I. Postmortem Distribution of
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K9 Fatal Ephedrine Intoxication in
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without any chromatography, resulti
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In the “direct” application of
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K21 Evaluation of the Immunalysis®
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fibrillation (VF) induction using t
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K28 Driving Under the Influence (DU
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K31 Methadone and Impaired Driving
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of Criminal Procedure was likewise
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Case #1: A 12-year-old female was f
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As seen in the above data, there ha
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determination of methamphetamine fr
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K48 Rapid Analysis of THC and Metab
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(0.09 mg/L). The accused drove over
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necessity. Information pertaining t
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K6 Determination of 2-Chloracetophe
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K8 Simultaneous Determination of HF
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This presentation will impact the f
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K16 Fentanyl Concentrations in 23 P
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Table 2 - GC Results Analyte LOD LO
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In America, recent growth in the po
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to fully prosecute the case, negoti
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dictive for the time of use. The ti
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absence, or cursory forms, of such
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Atomoxetine can be considered non-t
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nickel catalyst and detected with a
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Sample ID Hair result (pg/mg) Urine
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prevalence was compared with the do
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K1 Determination of Toxins and Alka
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toxicological profiles of the deced
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ecords were reviewed for all deaths
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K15 Performance Characteristics of
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analyzed by GC/MS with separation o
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This presentation will provide a fu
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tubing ran from the container throu
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murder and is often initially misdi
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K35 Interpretation of Glucose and L
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K38 Drugs in Driving Fatalities in
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jDALLA Toxicology j2004 K1 Use of a
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manufacturer. Analysis of samples f
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K9 An Analytical Protocol for the I
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K13 Laboratory Analysis of Remotely
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K15 Postmortem Production of Ethano
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K18 The Effects of pH on the Oxidat
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directed into an electrospray ioniz
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K25 The Detection of Oxycodone in M
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Hair analysis revealed the presence
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K32 Detection of Ketamine in Urine
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Conversations with two MDMA / MDA c
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The concentrations of total ropivac
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clozapine and metabolite in the cas
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(except in exceptionally high doses
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y pulmonary edema and a rapid cardi
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Toxicology K1 Urinary Excretion of
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presumptive pneumonia, and administ
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K7 Optimizing HPLC Separation of An
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and quantitative determination of M
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with BSTFA. Quantitation was perfor
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compounds contained in the current
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Fast gas chromatography (GC) has th
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importance to law enforcement agenc
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tramadol, closely followed by amitr
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acid. Oxalic and formic acids are f
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interaction involves activation of
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intake. Also, the positive serum an
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K1 A Review of Postmortem Diltiazem
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The concentration of interferent re
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three principal media, viz., blood,
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Of the tricyclic antidepressants, a
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Table 1. Effect of reconstitution v
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corticosteroids: cortisol and corti
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Hair specimens aligned in a foil en
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eference solution of each olanzapin
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presented. In the first case, a 31-
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combination with alcohol. From 1997
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Urine specimens were spiked with th
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