Category: Crime Scene Investigation and Reconstruction

Development of enantioselective high-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry method for the quantitative determination of 3,4-methylenedioxy-methamphetamine (MDMA) and its phase-1 metabolites in human biological fluids

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Alfredo Fabrizio Lo Faro, Giorgia Sprega, Diletta Beradinelli, Anstasio Tini, Jeremy Carlier, Tivadar Farkas, Francesco Paolo Busardò, Bezhan Chankvetadze

Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis; 2024

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Chemistry, Crime Scene Investigation and Reconstruction, Forensic Pathology and Medicolegal Death Investigation, Seized Drugs/Controlled Substances, Toxicology

Quantification of 108 illicit drugs and metabolites in bile matrix by LC–MS/MS for the toxicological testing of sudden death cases

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Martina Franzin, Rachele Ruoso, Michela Peruch, Gabriele Stocco, Stefano D’Errico, Riccardo Addobbati

Archives of Toxicology; 2023

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Cannabis and Cannabinoids, Chemistry, Crime Scene Investigation and Reconstruction, DREs / Traffic Safety Resource Prosecutors, Forensic Pathology and Medicolegal Death Investigation, Seized Drugs/Controlled Substances, Toxicology

First drug-checking study at an electronic festival and fentanyl detection in the central region of Mexico

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Silvia L. Cruz, Miguel Bencomo-Cruz, María E. Medina-Mora, Fabiola Vázquez-Quiroz & Clara Fleiz-Bautista

Harm Reduction Journal; 2023

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Cannabis and Cannabinoids, Chemistry, Crime Scene Investigation and Reconstruction, DREs / Traffic Safety Resource Prosecutors, Forensic Pathology and Medicolegal Death Investigation, Seized Drugs/Controlled Substances, Toxicology

Deaths: Leading Causes for 2020

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Sally C. Curtin, M.A., Betzaida Tejada-Vera, M.S., Brigham A. Bastian, B.S

National Vital Statistics Reports; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; 115pp; December 2023

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Alcohol, Anthropology, Chemistry, Crime Scene Investigation and Reconstruction, Criminal Justice System, DNA and Biology, DREs / Traffic Safety Resource Prosecutors, Entomology, Fire Investigation and Explosions, Firearms and Toolmarks, Forensic Pathology and Medicolegal Death Investigation, Sexual Assault / SANE, Statistics and Data Analysis, Toxicology

Long-Term Stability of Benzodiazepines and Z-Hypnotic Drugs in Blood Samples Stored at Varying Temperatures

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Laura Banaszkiewicz, Mateusz Kacper Woźniak, Ewa Domagalska, Michał Kaliszan, Agata Kot-Wasik

Journal of Analytical Toxicology; 2022

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Chemistry, Crime Scene Investigation and Reconstruction, DREs / Traffic Safety Resource Prosecutors, Forensic Pathology and Medicolegal Death Investigation, Seized Drugs/Controlled Substances, Toxicology

Simultaneous quantification of 55 psychotropic drugs and metabolites in human plasma with a fast UPLC-MS/MS method

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Celine Konecki, Jed Hadjoudj, Federica Tralongo, Cyril Haudecoeur, Claire Gozalo, Aurelie Fouley, Helene Marty, Catherine Feliu, Zoubir Djerada

Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy; 2023

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Cannabis and Cannabinoids, Chemistry, Crime Scene Investigation and Reconstruction, DREs / Traffic Safety Resource Prosecutors, Forensic Pathology and Medicolegal Death Investigation, Seized Drugs/Controlled Substances, Toxicology

Disposable gloves: An innate source of transferable chemical residues

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William J. Gee

Forensic Science International; 2023

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Alcohol, Anthropology, Bloodstain Pattern Analysis, Chemistry, Crime Scene Investigation and Reconstruction, DNA and Biology, DREs / Traffic Safety Resource Prosecutors, Education and Training, Entomology, Fingerprints / Friction Ridge, Fire Debris Analysis, Fire Investigation and Explosions, Firearms and Toolmarks, Footwear and Tire, Forensic Pathology and Medicolegal Death Investigation, Laboratory Operations, Questioned Documents, Sexual Assault / SANE, Toxicology, Trace Evidence

First Death Involving 4-Fluoroethylphenidate (4F-EPH): Case Report, User Experiences, and Review of the Related Literature

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John Martin Corkery, BA, MSc, MPhil, PgCert in L&T in HE, FHEA, Fabrizio Schifano, MD, FRCPsych, Dip Psychiatry, Dip Clin

Academic Forensic Pathology; 2022

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Chemistry, Crime Scene Investigation and Reconstruction, Forensic Pathology and Medicolegal Death Investigation, Seized Drugs/Controlled Substances, Toxicology

Forensic entomology when the evidence is “no insect.” Best carrion fly species for predicting maximum postmortem interval in the United Arab Emirates

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Jeffrey D. Wells, Amber E. MacInnis, Maurell A. Dsouza, Zain Ul Abdin, Sara Al Mughawi, Mohammad Al Khloofi, Mariam Sajwani, Maryam Al Maidoor, Ashwaq Saeed, Hamdan Ahli, Rawdha Al Shamsi, Reem Al Mheiri

Forensic Science International; 2021

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Anthropology, Crime Scene Investigation and Reconstruction, Entomology, Forensic Pathology and Medicolegal Death Investigation, Trace Evidence

SPME as a green sample-preparation technique for the monitoring of phytocannabinoids and endocannabinoids in complex matrices

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Katarzyna Woźniczka, Paweł Konieczyński, Alina Plenis, Tomasz Bączek and Anna Roszkowska

Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis; 2023

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Cannabis and Cannabinoids, Chemistry, Crime Scene Investigation and Reconstruction, DREs / Traffic Safety Resource Prosecutors, Forensic Pathology and Medicolegal Death Investigation, Seized Drugs/Controlled Substances, Toxicology

Drug Checking Quarterly Report (Q1 and Q2 2023): Philadelphia, PA, USA

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Joshua DeBord, Jen Shinefeld, Rachel Russell, Max Denn, Alexis Quinter, Barry K. Logan, Daniel Teixeira da Silva, and Alex J. Krotulski

Center for Forensic Science Research and Education; December 2023

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Cannabis and Cannabinoids, Chemistry, Crime Scene Investigation and Reconstruction, DREs / Traffic Safety Resource Prosecutors, Forensic Pathology and Medicolegal Death Investigation, Seized Drugs/Controlled Substances, Toxicology

Drunk or just putrefied? Can antemortemconsumption and postmortem neogenesis of alcohol be differentiated using a congener pattern?

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Adrian A. Doerr, Frederike Nordmeier, Nadja Walle, Matthias W. Laschke, Michael D. Menger, Markus R. Meyer, Peter H. Schmidt, Nadine Schaefer

Rechtsmedizin; 2023

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Alcohol, Chemistry, Crime Scene Investigation and Reconstruction, DREs / Traffic Safety Resource Prosecutors, Forensic Pathology and Medicolegal Death Investigation, Toxicology