On the influence of postmortem alcohol diffusion from the stomach contents to the heart blood

Forensic Science International

Volumn 94, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 111-118

  Iwasaki, Yasumasa ^a   Yashiki, Mikio ^a   Namera, Akira ^a   Miyazaki, Tetsuji ^b   Kojima, Tohru ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alcohol concentration; Cadaver; Diffusion from stomach; Gas chromatography

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CADAVER; DIFFUSION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEART; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH CONTENT; STOMACH EMPTYING; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0032496740     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-0738(98)00063-2     Document Type: Article

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