Utilizing the urinary 5-HTOL/5-HIAA ratio to determine ethanol origin in civil aviation accident victims

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 670-675

  Johnson, Robert D ^a   Lewis, Russell J ^a   Canfield, Dennis V ^a   Dubowski, Kurt M ^a   Blank, C LeRoy ^b  

^a Civil Aerospace Medical Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

5 HTOL 5 HIAA ratio; Forensic science; LC MS; Postmortem ethanol; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; 5 HYDROXYTRYPTOPHOL; ALCOHOL;

ACCIDENT; AIRPLANE PILOT; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ANALYTIC METHOD; CONFERENCE PAPER; EVALUATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY CLEARANCE; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTONIN RELEASE; SPACE; TOXICOLOGY; VALIDATION PROCESS; VICTIM;

EID: 18244409092     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs2004346     Document Type: Conference Paper

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