Utility of urinary ethyl glucuronide analysis in post-mortem toxicology when investigating alcohol-related deaths

Forensic Science International

Volumn 241, Issue , 2014, Pages 178-182

  Sundstrom M ^a   Jones, A W ^b   Ojanpera I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Autopsy; Drunkenness; Ethanol; Ethyl glucuronide; Poisoning

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTIBODY; ETHYL GLUCURONIDE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CENTRAL DEPRESSANT AGENT; GLUCURONIC ACID;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; LIVER METABOLISM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TIME OF DEATH; TOXICOLOGY; URINALYSIS; AGED; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOASSAY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMORTEM CHANGE; URINE;

AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; ETHANOL; FEMALE; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; GLUCURONATES; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMORTEM CHANGES;

EID: 84904600529     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2014.05.022     Document Type: Article

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