Biochemical blood markers and sampling sites in forensic autopsy

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 312-317

  Uemura, Koichi ^a,b   Shintani Ishida, Kaori ^a   Saka, Kanju ^a   Nakajima, Makoto ^a   Ikegaya, Hiroshi ^c   Kikuchi, Yousuke ^a   Yoshida, Ken ichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Division of Public Health   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF POLICE SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biochemical markers; Femoral vein blood; Left cardiac blood; Postmortem change; Right cardiac blood; Sampling sites

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLINESTERASE; CREATININE; FRUCTOSAMINE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; PROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RELIABILITY; SUDDEN DEATH; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; VENOUS BLOOD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BILIRUBIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD PROTEINS; BLOOD UREA NITROGEN; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLESTEROL; CREATININE; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; FRUCTOSAMINE; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; PSEUDOCHOLINESTERASE; TRIGLYCERIDES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 44249096553     PISSN: 1752928X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jflm.2007.12.003     Document Type: Article

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