Was a child poisoned by ethanol? Discrimination between ante-mortem consumption and post-mortem formation

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 429-434

  Appenzeller, Brice M R ^a   Schuman, Marc ^a   Wennig, Robert ^a  

^a LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

Ante mortem; Ethanol; Ethyl glucuronide; Fermentation; Post mortem

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; GLUCOSE;

ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; LACTOCOCCUS; LACTOCOCCUS GARVIEAE; LIVER; MICROORGANISM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE LEVEL;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ETHANOL; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; GLUCURONATES; HUMANS; INFANT; LACTOCOCCUS; LIVER; POISONING; POSTMORTEM CHANGES;

EID: 50849128471     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: 14371596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-008-0245-3     Document Type: Article

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