Ethanol-related death of a child: An unusual case report

Forensic Science International

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Kłys, Małgorzata ^a   Woźniak, Krzysztof ^a   Rojek, Sebastian ^a   Rzepecka Woźniak, Ewa ^a   Kowalski, Piotr ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Child death; Ethanol; Ethyl glucuronide; Fatal ethanol poisoning; Hair analysis

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; GLUCURONIDE;

ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD DEATH; HAIR ANALYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN DEATH; URINALYSIS;

EID: 49949152158     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2008.03.017     Document Type: Article

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