Immunoassay for ethyl glucuronide in vitreous humor: A new tool for postmortem diagnostics of alcohol use

Forensic Science International

Volumn 226, Issue 1-3, 2013, Pages 261-265

  Rainio, Juha ^a   Kultti, Johanna ^b   Kangastupa, Päivikki ^b   Tuomi, Heidi ^b   Ahola, Sanna ^a   Karhunen, Pekka J ^a,c   Helander, Anders ^d   Niemelä, Onni ^b  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b SEINÄJOKI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c FIMLAB LABORATORIES   (Finland)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ethanol; Ethyl glucuronide; Forensic toxicology; Metabolism; Postmortem analysis; Vitreous humor

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; ETHYL GLUCURONIDE; ETHYL SULFATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 84875617051     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2013.01.040     Document Type: Article

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