The stability of ethanol in human whole blood controls: An interlaboratory evaluation

Journal of Analytical Toxicology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 486-491

  Dubowski, Kurt M ^a   Gadsden Sr , Richard H ^b   Poklis, Alphonse ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG STABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN;

EID: 0030757784     PISSN: 01464760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jat/21.6.486     Document Type: Article

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