Ethyl sulphate and ethyl glucuronide in vitreous humor as postmortem evidence marker for ethanol consumption prior to death

Forensic Science International

Volumn 210, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 63-68

  Thierauf, Annette ^a   Kempf, Jürgen ^a   Perdekamp, Markus Große ^a   Auwärter, Volker ^a   Gnann, Heike ^a   Wohlfarth, Ariane ^a   Weinmann, Wolfgang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ethanol; Ethyl glucuronide; Ethyl sulphate; Inebriation prior to death; Vitreous humor

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ETHYL GLUCURONIDE; ETHYL SULFATE; SULFATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUNKENNESS; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; ENZYME ASSAY; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEADSPACE GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LEGAL EVIDENCE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINALYSIS; URINE LEVEL; VENOUS BLOOD; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 79959534960     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2011.01.036     Document Type: Article

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