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The measurement and interpretation of morphine in blood
B K Logan1, J S Oliver, H Smith
1Department of Forensic Medicine and Science, University of Glasgow, U.K.
Forensic Science International
|October 1, 1987
Abstract:
A method for the determination of morphine is post-mortem blood by HPLC with electrochemical detection is described. Blood morphine levels in post-mortem cases are reported and the importance of these in causing death is discussed. These post-mortem levels are compared further with morphine levels in the blood of patients receiving morphine as an analgesic.