Ethanol level differential between postmortem blood and subdural hematoma

Military Medicine

Volumn 163, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 722-724

  Riggs, Jack E ^a   Schochet Jr , Sydney S ^a   Frost, James L ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; FALLING; HUMAN; MALE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA;

EID: 3543080318     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/163.10.722     Document Type: Article

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