Drug Identification Through Analysis of Maggots

1980/04/01 by JC Beyer, Jochen Beyer, WF Enos +3 · 4 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #Forensic Entomology and Diptera Studies #Insect behavior and control techniques

paper · doi:10.1520/jfs12147j

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Abstract

The examination of insect larvae from decomposed bodies not only can serve in the estimation of the postmortem interval but also can be used in qualitative identification of drug substances.

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