The estimation of blood alcohol concentration: Widmark revisited

Forensic Science, Medicine, and Pathology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 33-40

  Posey, Douglas ^a   Mozayani, Ashraf ^b  

^a Georgia Bureau of Investigation   (United States)

^b Harris County Medical Examiner's Office   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Blood; Ethanol; Extrapolation; Forensic toxicology; Widmark

Indexed keywords

EID: 34347327106     PISSN: 1547769X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/ForensicSci.Med.Pathol.:3:1:33     Document Type: Article

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