Publications focusing on the analysis of postmortem specimens for the presence of drugs
were reviewed with particular reference to systematic toxicological analysis. Specimens …

The application of analytical techniques in postmortem toxicology is often more difficult than
in other forms of forensic toxicology owing to the variable and often degraded nature of the …

From the earliest times humans have utilized a wide variety of manufactured and natural
substances to treat disease [1], to facilitate religious ritual and to augment recreational …

The dependence of postmortem blood-drug concentrations on the collection site and on the
postmortem interval before specimen collection has been studied. These studies consisted …

The evaluation of postmortem laboratory assays of drugs needs to be performed in a
systematic manner. The condition of the body, drug characteristics, matrix and site analysis …

Results from toxicological analyses in death investigations are used to determine whether
foreign substances were a cause of death, whether they contributed to death, or whether …

Conducting toxicology on post-mortem specimens provides a number of very significant
challenges to the scientist. The range of additional specimens include tissues such as …

Aims—To compare blood drug concentrations during life with postmortem drug
concentrations measured from a peripheral site and a central site. Methods—Coroner's …

Postmortem toxicology is used to determine whether alcohol, drugs or other poisons may
have caused or contributed to the death of a person. It dif—fers fundamentally from clinical …

Femoral blood is widely accepted as the most reliable postmortem specimen for drug
analysis in forensic toxicology. There is considerable evidence that the drug concentrations …