Postmortem Detection of Isopropanol in Ketoacidosis

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 674-678

  Petersen, Thomas H ^a   Williams, Timothy ^b   Nuwayhid, Naziha ^c   Harruff, Richard ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b King County Medical Examiner's Office   (United States)

^c Washington State Patrol   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetone; Alcohol dehydrogenase; Alcoholism; Bacterial conversion; Diabetes mellitus; Forensic pathology; Forensic science; Isopropanol; Ketoacidosis; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

2 PROPANOL; ACETONE; ALCOHOL; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CENTRAL DEPRESSANT AGENT; SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CADAVER; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; KETOACIDOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

2-PROPANOL; ACETONE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ETHANOL; FEMALE; FLAME IONIZATION; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; HUMANS; KETOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POISONING; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOLVENTS;

EID: 84860144225     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2011.02045.x     Document Type: Article

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