Automatic screening in postmortem toxicology

Forensic Science International

Volumn 142, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 115-125

  Stimpfl, T ^a   Vycudilik, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Automation; General unknown screening; Postmortem toxicology

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; AUTOMATION; AUTOPSY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHROMATOGRAPHY; EXTRACTION; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICOLOGY; URINALYSIS;

EID: 2542447074     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2004.02.014     Document Type: Article

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