ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Published Online: 1 October 1986
Page Count: 5

Distribution of Morphine in Body Fluids and Tissues in Fatal Overdose
Chan, EM
Senior toxicologist and toxicologist, Provincial Toxicology Centre, Riverview Hospital, B.C.

Kaliciak, HA
Senior toxicologist and toxicologist, Provincial Toxicology Centre, Riverview Hospital, B.C.

Chan, SC
Clinical toxicologist, Foothills Hospital, Alberta

(Received 24 June 1985; accepted 10 January 1985)

Abstract

Two cases of fatal overdose with morphine are presented. Large amounts of the drug were involved in both cases, one by oral ingestion, the other by intravenous injection. Morphine concentrations in various body fluids and tissues are compared to those in the literature.

Keywords:
pathology and biology, toxicology, morphine, death

Paper ID: JFS11930J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS11930J
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