Occurrence of postmortem production of ethylene glycol and propylene glycol in human specimens

Forensic Toxicology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 162-168

  Wurita, Amin ^a   Suzuki, Osamu ^a   Hasegawa, Koutaro ^a   Gonmori, Kunio ^a   Minakata, Kayoko ^a   Yamagishi, Itaru ^a   Nozawa, Hideki ^a   Watanabe, Kanako ^a  

^a HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Distribution of glycols in human cadaver; Ethylene glycol; Postmortem production; Propylene glycol; Standard addition method

Indexed keywords

DIETHYLENE GLYCOL; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; GLUCOSE; PROPYLENE GLYCOL;

ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY FLUID; CADAVER; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAPROGENIC BLOOD; URINE LEVEL;

EID: 84893160391     PISSN: 18608965     EISSN: 18608973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11419-013-0210-9     Document Type: Article

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