Postmortem alcohol analysis of the synovial fluid and its availability in medico-legal practices

Forensic Science International

Volumn 90, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 131-138

  Ohshima, Tohru ^a   Kondo, Toshikazu ^a   Sato, Yasunori ^a   Takayasu, Tatsunori ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alcohol concentration; Forensic toxicology; Pulse heating gas chromatography (Py GC); Synovial fluid of the knee joint

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KNEE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SYNOVIAL FLUID; TISSUE LEVEL; URINE LEVEL;

EID: 0031451380     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-0738(97)00161-8     Document Type: Article

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