Ethanol concentrations in antemortem blood samples under controlled conditions

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 658-660

  Petković, Stojan ^a   Savić, Slobodan ^b   Zgonjanin, Dragana ^a   Samojlik, Isidora ^c  

^a Clinical Centre of Vojvodina   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOVI SAD   (Serbia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD STORAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STORAGE TEMPERATURE;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 55149104214     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: 14643502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agn072     Document Type: Article

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