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doi: 10.1093/jat/11.1.43.
An unusually high blood cocaine concentration in a fatal case
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- DOI: 10.1093/jat/11.1.43
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An unusually high blood cocaine concentration in a fatal case
J Anal Toxicol.
1987 Jan-Feb.
Abstract
A fatal case resulting in an unusually high blood cocaine concentration is reported. Cocaine was administered intranasally, then orally. Blood concentrations of cocaine and the combination of cocaine and its metabolites were 51.7 and 85.0 mg/L, respectively. Case history, pathological findings, and tissue distribution of cocaine and its metabolites are presented.
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