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Case Reports
. 1990 Jan;35(1):204-7.

Fly larvae: a new toxicological method of investigation in forensic medicine

P Kintz  1 , B Godelar, A Tracqui, P Mangin, A A Lugnier, A J Chaumont
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Fly larvae: a new toxicological method of investigation in forensic medicine

P Kintz et al. J Forensic Sci. 1990 Jan.

Abstract

Toxicological analyses on a putrefied cadaver are sometimes difficult to achieve because of the absence of blood and urine. In this study, maggots, living material, are proposed as a new medium of investigation in forensic medicine. Five drugs (triazolam, oxazepam, phenobarbital, alimemazine, and clomipramine) were identified and assayed in some tissues of a putrefied cadaver and in the maggots found on and in the body.

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