Comparison of ethyl glucuronide and carbohydrate-deficient transferrin in different body fluids for post-mortem identification of alcohol use

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 55-59

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

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALCOHOLISM; AUTOPSY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY FLUIDS; FEMALE; GLUCURONATES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; TRANSFERRIN; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 84894056892     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: 14643502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agt159     Document Type: Article

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