Testing for alpha-chloralose by headspace-GC/MS: A case report

Forensic Science International

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 59-63

  Kintz, Pascal ^a   Doray, Stéphane ^a   Cirimele, Vincent ^a   Ludes, Bertrand ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE MÉDECINE LÉGALE   (France)

Author keywords

Alpha chloralose; Fatality; Headspace GC MS; Poisoning

Indexed keywords

CHLORAL; CHLORALOSE; RODENTICIDE; SULFURIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOASSAY; INTOXICATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032836895     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-0738(99)00089-4     Document Type: Article

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