Kinetics of ethanol degradation in forensic blood samples

Forensic Science International

Volumn 161, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 144-150

  Ferrari, L A ^b   Triszcz, J M ^a   Giannuzzi, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE MORÓN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Blood; Ethanol; Kinetics; Post mortem degradation; Storage; Temperature effect

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STORAGE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 33746760397     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2006.02.049     Document Type: Article

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