The stability of ethyl alcohol in forensic blood specimens.
Headspace gas chromatography was used to reanalyze forensic blood specimens for ethyl alcohol content after storage at room temperature for 3.0 and 6.75 years. All samples exhibited a decline in ethanol concentration, with most losses falling within the expected 20 to 40 mg% range.
D002849:Chromatography, Gas / Q000379:methods; D000431:Ethanol / Q000097:blood*; D005554:Forensic Medicine; D006801:Humans; D013048:Specimen Handling / Q000379:methods; D013997:Time Factors
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