Cyanide quantification in post-mortem biological matrices by headspace GC-MS

Forensic Science International

Volumn 222, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 346-351

  Desharnais, Brigitte ^a,b   Huppé, Geneviève ^a   Lamarche, Martine ^a   Mireault, Pascal ^a   Skinner, Cameron D ^b  

^a Laboratoire de Sciences Judiciaires et de Medecine Legale   (Canada)

^b Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blood; Cyanide; Forensic toxicology; Gas chromatography; Gastric content; Headspace analysis

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; CARBON 13; CYANIDE; NITROGEN 15;

ACCURACY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CADAVER; CALIBRATION; DYNAMICS; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOTOPE LABELING; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SAMPLING ERROR; STOMACH CONTENT; SYRINGE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84865621815     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2012.06.017     Document Type: Article

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