Skeletal Muscle as an Alternative Specimen for Alcohol and Drug Analysis
- 1 January 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by ASTM International in Journal of Forensic Sciences
- Vol. 36 (1) , 60-69
- https://doi.org/10.1520/jfs13006j
Abstract
In a random group of medical examiner cases, muscle tissue, as well as blood and vitreous humor, was analyzed for ethyl alcohol, and the results were compared. When the blood concentration was greater than 0.10 g/dL, the muscle to blood ratio was 1.00 orKeywords
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