Unacceptably high site variability in postmortem blood alcohol analysis

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 250-252

  Sylvester, P A ^a   Wong, N A C S ^a   Warren, B F ^b   Ranson, D L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blood alcohol concentration; Postmortem examination; Vitreous humour

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; AXILLARY VEIN; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMORAL VEIN; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 0031966010     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.51.3.250     Document Type: Article

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