Improper sealing caused by the styrofoam integrity seals in leakproof plastic bottles lead to significant loss of ethanol in frozen evidentiary urine samples

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 672-676

  Sreerama, Lakshmaiah ^a,b   Hardin, Glenn G ^b  

^a ST CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Minnesota Forensic Science Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethanol; Forensic science; Head space gas chromatography; Urine

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; PLASTIC; POLYSTYRENE;

ADULT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTAINER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; FEMALE; FREEZING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PLASTIC BOTTLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STORAGE; THAWING; URINALYSIS; URINE LEVEL;

EID: 0037696582     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs2002284     Document Type: Conference Paper

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