Dead sober or dead drunk?: May be hard to determine

BMJ

Volumn 316, Issue 7125, 1998, Pages 87-

  Pounder, Derrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; LACTIC ACID;

ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; AUTOPSY; BODY FLUID; DRUNKENNESS; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINALYSIS;

ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; AUTOPSY; ETHANOL; HUMANS; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 0032501665     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.316.7125.87     Document Type: Editorial

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