Development of forensic diagnosis of acute sarin poisoning

Legal Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2003, Pages

  Nagao, Masataka ^a   Takatori, Takehiko ^b   Maeno, Yoshitaka ^a   Isobe, Ichiro ^a   Koyama, Hiroyoshi ^a   Tsuchimochi, Tsukasa ^a  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF POLICE SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; Cerebellum; Erythrocyte; Gas chromatography mass spectrometry; Sarin; Sarin hydrolysis products

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; SARIN; TRYPSIN;

ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFERENCE PAPER; DERIVATIZATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BINDING; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYDROLYSIS; INTOXICATION; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHODOLOGY; SOLUBILIZATION; TERRORISM; VICTIM;

EID: 0038754192     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1344-6223(02)00086-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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