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Case Reports
. 1989 Nov;8(6):487-9.
doi: 10.1177/096032718900800609.

Toxicological data after heroin overdose

P Kintz  1 , P Mangin, A A Lugnier, A J Chaumont
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Toxicological data after heroin overdose

P Kintz et al. Hum Toxicol. 1989 Nov.

Abstract

Capillary gas chromatography with selective nitrogen detection was employed to quantify morphine and 6-monoacetylmorphine in biological fluids and tissues in five deaths attributed to heroin injection overdose. The minimum lethal concentration found was 0.021 micrograms morphine per ml of blood. In all cases, 6-monoacetylmorphine was identified in urine, confirming heroin abuse.

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