Distribution of ethyl glucuronide in rib bone marrow, other tissues and body liquids as proof of alcohol consumption before death

Forensic Science International

Volumn 156, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 213-218

  Schloegl, Haiko ^a   Rost, Thomas ^a   Schmidt, Wolfgang ^a   Wurst, Friedrich Martin ^b   Weinmann, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alcohol consumption marker; Ethyl glucuronide (EtG); Postmortem analysis; Rib bone marrow

Indexed keywords

GLUCURONIDE;

ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BILE LEVEL; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BONE MARROW; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIVER LEVEL; MUSCLE TISSUE; OSTEOLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIB; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; URINE LEVEL;

EID: 30344449758     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2005.03.024     Document Type: Article

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