Disappearance of ethyl glucuronide during heavy putrefaction

Forensic Science International

Volumn 176, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 147-151

  Høiseth, Gudrun ^a   Karinen, Ritva ^a   Johnsen, Lene ^a   Normann, Per Trygve ^a   Christophersen, Asbjørg S ^a   Mørland, Jørg ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Ethanol; Ethyl glucuronide; Post mortem; Stability

Indexed keywords

ETHYL GLUCURONIDE; GLUCURONIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; DECOMPOSITION; DEGRADATION; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 39749162293     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2007.08.002     Document Type: Article

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