Evaluation of Ethanol Concentrations in Decomposed Bodies
- 1 July 1982
- journal article
- Published by ASTM International in Journal of Forensic Sciences
- Vol. 27 (3), 549-554
- https://doi.org/10.1520/jfs12167j
Abstract
Blood samples obtained from 130 putrefied bodies were studied for endogenous ethanol (postmortem neoformation). An objective method of establishing the degree of putrefaction was developed and correlated with the determined ethanol concentration. The ethaKeywords
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