Detection of toluene in an adipoceratous body

Forensic Science International

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 119-124

  Inoue, Hiroyuki ^a   Iwasa, Mineo ^a   Maeno, Yoshitaka ^a   Koyama, Hiroyoshi ^a   Sato, Yuki ^a   Matoba, Ryoji ^a  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adipocere; Drowning; Gas chromatography mass spectrometry; Postmortem changes; Toluene; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BUTANOL; BUTYRIC ACID; DIMETHYL SULFIDE; DISULFIDE; ISOVALERALDEHYDE; PROPANOL; TOLUENE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN; CADAVER; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIATOM; DROWNING; DRUG TISSUE LEVEL; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

EID: 0029917517     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0379-0738(95)01878-6     Document Type: Article

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