Estimating a reliable cutoff point of 1-propanol in postmortem blood as marker of microbial ethanol production

• Main Authors: Vassiliki A Boumba (Author), Nikolaos Kourkoumelis (Author), Kallirroi Ziavrou (Author), Theodore Vougiouklakis (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The interpretation of the ethanol analysis results in postmortem cases may be challenging when the origin of postmortem ethanol (antemortem ingestion or microbial production) is under dispute. In this study, we investigated the suitability of blood 1-propanol cutoff concentration as a reliable marke...