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Brian Waters
Researcher at Fukuoka University
Publications - 41
Citations - 232
Brian Waters is an academic researcher from Fukuoka University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Poison control & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 7, co-authored 38 publications receiving 183 citations.
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Autopsy report for a caffeine intoxication case and review of the current literature
Takuma Yamamoto,Katsuhiko Yoshizawa,Shin-ichi Kubo,Yuko Emoto,Kenji Hara,Brian Waters,Takahiro Umehara,Takehiko Murase,Kazuya Ikematsu +8 more
TL;DR: Even though high caffeine concentrations were found in the systemic organs, no caffeine-related pathological changes were detected in the blood, urine and main organs in a fatal caffeine intoxication case.
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GC-PCI-MS/MS and LC-ESI-MS/MS databases for the detection of 104 psychotropic compounds (synthetic cannabinoids, synthetic cathinones, phenethylamine derivatives).
Brian Waters,Natsuki Ikematsu,Kenji Hara,Hiroshi Fujii,Tomoko Tokuyasu,Mio Takayama,Aya Matsusue,Masayuki Kashiwagi,Shin-ichi Kubo +8 more
TL;DR: Using a detection method that has been rarely utilized to analyze these types of compounds, gas chromatography with positive chemical ionization and tandem mass spectrometry (GC-PCI-MS/MS), 5 psychotropic compounds were detected in an actual forensic autopsy case.
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Development of a preparation method to produce a single sample that can be applied to both LC–MS/MS and GC–MS for the screening of postmortem specimens
Kenji Hara,Brian Waters,Natsuki Ikematsu,Tomoko Tokuyasu,Hiroshi Fujii,Mio Takayama,Aya Matsusue,Masayuki Kashiwagi,Shin-ichi Kubo +8 more
TL;DR: Simple and efficient extraction methods have been developed for the screening of a wide array of drugs in postmortem autopsy specimens that could easily be incorporated into a forensic laboratory's daily routine for screening many different compounds from postmortem samples.
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Methamphetamine and amphetamine concentrations in survivors of body-packer syndrome in Japan.
Kyoko Uekusa,Makiko Hayashida,Nobuyuki Saito,Kunihiro Mashiko,Kenji Hara,Brian Waters,Youkichi Ohno +6 more
TL;DR: The results suggest either that the stimulants may have seeped through the wrap of the packets, or that the subject had been abusing the drugs.