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01-01-2022 | Triazolam | Letter to the Editor

Investigation on toxicological usefulness of synovial fluids, as an alternative matrix: postmortem distribution/redistribution of triazolam and its predominant metabolite α-hydroxytriazolam in human body fluids

Authors: Amin Wurita, Masako Suzuki, Naotomo Miyoshi, Kayoko Minakata, Itaru Yamagishi, Hideki Nozawa, Koutaro Hasegawa

Published in: Forensic Toxicology | Issue 1/2022

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Title: Investigation on toxicological usefulness of synovial fluids, as an alternative matrix: postmortem distribution/redistribution of triazolam and its predominant metabolite α-hydroxytriazolam in human body fluids
Authors: Amin Wurita
Masako Suzuki
Naotomo Miyoshi
Kayoko Minakata
Itaru Yamagishi
Hideki Nozawa
Koutaro Hasegawa
Publication date: 01-01-2022
Publisher: Springer Singapore
Keywords: Triazolam
Benzodiazepine
Published in: Forensic Toxicology / Issue 1/2022
Print ISSN: 1860-8965
Electronic ISSN: 1860-8973
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11419-021-00604-8

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