Author/Editor     Koželj, Gordana; Štefanič, Borut
Title     Problematika razlage analiznih rezultatov v primeru opiatne smrti
Translated title     Problems in the interpretation of the results of analyses in the case of death caused by opiates
Type     članek
Source     Med Razgl
Vol. and No.     Letnik 35, št. Suppl 5
Publication year     1996
Volume     str. 111-21
Language     slo
Abstract     A case of a 31-year-old man; toxicological tests were used to prove objectively that death resulted fro m a heroin overdose. The paper presents the results of the autopsy and describes the used analytical method, GC-MS. Literature related to the interpretation of death due to opiate overdose is discussed with emphasis on parameters which can lead to the incorrect interpretation of individual cases.
Descriptors     NARCOTICS
CAUSE OF DEATH
DIACETYLMORPHINE
FORENSIC MEDICINE
NARCOTIC DEPENDENCE