Practical use of ethyl glucuronide and ethyl sulfate in postmortem cases as markers of antemortem alcohol ingestion

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 143-148

  Høiseth, Gudrun ^a   Karinen, Ritva ^a   Christophersen, Asbjørg ^a   Mørland, Jørg ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

EtG; Ethanol; EtS; Postmortem

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DIETHYL SULFATE; ETHYL GLUCURONIDE; GLUCURONIC ACID; SULFATE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CADAVER; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; URINE;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GLUCURONATES; HUMANS; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SULFURIC ACID ESTERS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 77649238617     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: 14371596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-009-0393-0     Document Type: Article

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