Urine/blood ratios of ethanol in deaths attributed to acute alcohol poisoning and chronic alcoholism

Forensic Science International

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 206-212

  Jones, A W ^a   Holmgren, P ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Alcoholism; Autopsy; Blood ethanol; Death; Urine; Urine blood ratio

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BODY FLUID; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEATH; FEMORAL VEIN; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URINALYSIS; URINE LEVEL; VENOUS BLOOD;

EID: 0042570751     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-0738(03)00213-5     Document Type: Article

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