A study of blood alcohol stability in forensic antemortem blood samples

Forensic Science International

Volumn 211, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 47-50

  Shan, Xiaoqin ^a   Tiscione, Nicholas B ^a   Alford, Ilene ^a   Yeatman, Dustin Tate ^a  

^a Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office   (United States)

Author keywords

Antemortem blood; Blood alcohol concentration (BAC); Blood alcohol stability

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD STORAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURT; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; FREEZING; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

EID: 79960645635     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2011.04.012     Document Type: Article

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