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. 2004 Aug;118(4):188-9.
doi: 10.1007/s00414-004-0440-9. Epub 2004 Apr 23.

Impact of paracetamol on Calliphora vicina larval development

Claire O'Brien  1 , Bryan Turner
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Impact of paracetamol on Calliphora vicina larval development

Claire O'Brien et al. Int J Legal Med. 2004 Aug.

Abstract

This paper demonstrates that blowfly larval development is slightly impacted by paracetamol if present in the rearing foodstuff particularly during days 2-4 of development. Since paracetamol and similar analgesic drugs are involved in a large number of overdose deaths each year this information is of importance where blowfly growth is used to estimate the minimum postmortem interval.

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