A new approach for the carbon monoxide (CO) exposure diagnosis: Measurement of total co in human blood versus carboxyhemoglobin (HbCO)

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1041-1046

  Varlet, Vincent ^a   De Croutte, Emma Lagroy ^a   Augsburger, Marc ^a   Mangin, Patrice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CENTER OF LEGAL MEDICINE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Carbon monoxide; Carboxyhemoglobin; Forensic science; Headspace gas extraction; Postmortem blood; Putrefaction

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD; CARBON MONOXIDE INTOXICATION; FEMALE; FORENSIC SCIENCE; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; HEADSPACE GAS EXTRACTION; HUMAN; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POST MORTEM BLOOD EXAMINATION; PUTREFACTION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

CARBON MONOXIDE; CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN; FORENSIC SCIENCE; HEADSPACE GAS EXTRACTION; POSTMORTEM BLOOD; PUTREFACTION;

ADULT; AGED; CARBON MONOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING; CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN; FEMALE; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 84880157279     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1556-4029.12130     Document Type: Article

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