Toxicological Analysis of Insects on the Corpse: a Valuable Source of Information in Forensic Investigations

• Main Authors: Mojtaba Salimi (Author), Yavar Rassi (Author), Omid Chatrabgoun (Author), Artin Kamali (Author), Mohammad Ali Oshaghi (Author), Vida Shiri-Ghaleh (Author), Mehrdad Moradi (Author), Sayena Rafizadeh (Author), Kameran Akbarzadeh (Author), Seyedeh Zahra Parkhideh (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 2018-09-01T00:00:00Z.
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Background: Entomotoxicology as a subset of forensic entomology can be used by analysis of carcass feeding in­sects to detecting of drugs or toxins, as well as the cause and manner of death in cases of ante-mortem drugs intoxi­cation. Morphine is one of the deacetylate metabolites of heroin. The aim...