TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1996//
TI  - Severe meprobamate intoxication: In death as in life?
JO  - Journal (Canadian Society of Forensic Science)
A1  - Jones, G. R.
A1  - Larue, L. E.
SP  - 73
EP  - 76
VL  - 29
IS  - 2
N2  - An unusual case is presented where a toxicological investigation conducted in one laboratory was important for the proper interpretation of postmortem toxicology findings in the same person, in a different laboratory, seven months later. The first incident, a minor motor vehicle accident, involved a severe meprobamate intoxication in which the person's blood concentration was 98 mg/L. In the second incident, a fatal house fire, the postmortem blood meprobamate concentration was 96 mg/L. Knowledge of the first toxicological investigation and circumstances surrounding the matter aided interpretation of the postmortem toxicology findings: that the very high blood meprobamate concentrations probably resulted from chronic abuse of the drug and not from a suicidal overdose.<p />
LA  - en
SN  - 0008-5030
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00085030.1996.10757049
ID  - ref1
ER  -