Assistance of ethyl glucuronide and ethyl sulfate in the interpretation of postmortem ethanol findings

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 128, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 765-770

  Krabseth, Hege ^a   Mørland, Jørg ^a   Høiseth, Gudrun ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b DIAKONHJEMMET HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Alcohol; EtG; EtS; Postmortem; Putrefaction

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CENTRAL DEPRESSANT AGENT; DIETHYL SULFATE; ETHYL GLUCURONIDE; GLUCURONIC ACID; SULFATE;

BLOOD; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; HUMAN; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; POSTMORTEM CHANGE; PROCEDURES; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; URINE;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; ETHANOL; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; GLUCURONATES; HUMANS; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; SULFURIC ACID ESTERS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 84905917032     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: 14371596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-014-1031-z     Document Type: Article

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