Is there a role for ethanol assay using alcohol dehydrogenase in a basic drugs and alcohol screen of blood following routine autopsies?

William Tormey; Tara Moore

doi:10.5897/JCPFM12.003

Journal of
Clinical Pathology and Forensic Medicine

Abbreviation: J. Clin. Pathol. Forensic Med.
Language: English
ISSN: 2141-2405
DOI: 10.5897/JCPFM
Start Year: 2010
Published Articles: 30

Short Communication

Is there a role for ethanol assay using alcohol dehydrogenase in a basic drugs and alcohol screen of blood following routine autopsies?

William Tormey1,2 and Tara Moore3

1Biomedical Sciences, University of Ulster Cromore Road, Coleraine, BT52 1SA, Northern Ireland. 2Department of Chemical Pathology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, Ireland. 3Biomedical Sciences, University of Ulster, Cromore Road, Coleraine, BT52 1SA, Northern Ireland.
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Article Number - CBD76B52871
Vol.3(2), pp. 17 - 19 , December 2012
https://doi.org/10.5897/JCPFM12.003

Accepted: 22 March 2012
Published: 31 December 2012

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