Postmortem measurement of caffeine in bone marrow: Influence of sample location and correlation with blood concentration

Forensic Science International

Volumn 210, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 149-153

  Cartiser, N ^a,b   Bevalot F ^a,b   Chatenay, C ^b   Le Meur, C ^a,b   Gaillard, Y ^b   Malicier, D ^a   Guitton, J ^a,c   Fanton, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b Laboratoire LAT LUMTOX   (France)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER LYON SUD   (France)

Author keywords

Bone marrow; Caffeine; Forensic toxicology

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; BONE MARROW; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 79959563781     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2011.02.028     Document Type: Article

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