Detection of heroin metabolites at different developmental stages of Lucilia cuprina (Diptera: Calliphoridae) reared in heroin-treated meat: a preliminary analysis
Abstract Background Blowfly larvae and pupae collected during post-mortem forensic investigation can be analysed to detect drugs or toxins in a dead body. Drug or toxin-contaminated tissues of human remains consumed by blowfly larvae are stored in the crop even after a body has decomposed to the poi...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SpringerOpen
2019-12-01
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| Series: | Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s41935-019-0171-1 |