We searched the scientific literature for articles dealing with postmortem aspects of ethanol
and problems associated with making a correct interpretation of the results. A person's blood …

Accurate determination of a person's blood alcohol concentration (BAC) is an important task
in forensic toxicology laboratories because of the existence of statutory limits for driving a …

Background The objective of the current study is to determine how alcohol and illicit
substance use contributes to motorcycle crash fatalities by examining the relationship …

Background: Drug concentrations obtained from post mortem samples do not necessarily
reflect the concentrations at the time of death, and variations of concentration may be …

Ethanol (ethylic alcohol) represents the most commonly used drug worldwide and is often
involved in clinical and forensic toxicology. Based on several reports, excessive alcohol …

Background Self-harm typically is without lethal intent. Death can occur rarely, with suicide
taking on an atypical form that raises the suspicion of hetero-aggression. Our study aimed to …

To clarify the circumstances of death, the degree of inebriation is of importance in many
cases, but for several reasons the determination of the ethanol concentration in post-mortem …

Ethanol is the most widely used and abused drug. While blood is the preferred specimen for
analysis, tissue specimens such as brain serve as alternative specimens for alcohol analysis …

Alcohol concentrations in biological matrices offer information regarding an individual's
intoxication level at a given time. In forensic cases, the alcohol concentration in the blood …

Isopropanol is an important chemical to forensic pathologists in that intoxication can result in
death yet presence does not necessarily indicate intoxication. Several reports have been …