Measurement of ethyl glucuronide in vitreous humor with liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry

Forensic Science International

Volumn 193, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 101-105

  Keten, Alper ^a   Tumer, Ali Riza ^a   Balseven Odabasi, Aysun ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Ethanol; Ethyl glucuronide; Postmortem; Vitreous humor

Indexed keywords

ETHYL GLUCURONIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD LEVEL; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; URINE LEVEL; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 70449626991     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2009.09.018     Document Type: Article

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