Alcohol discovered in the urine after death: Ante-mortem ingestion or post-mortem artefact?

Medicine, Science and the Law

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 196-200

  Cullen, S A ^a   Mayes, R W ^b  

^a RAF Henlow   (United Kingdom)

^b Forensic Alliance Limited   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 23844504229     PISSN: 00258024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/rsmmsl.45.3.196     Document Type: Article

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