Review of Medicolegal Aspects of Alcohol Determination in Biological Specimens

Review of Medicolegal Aspects of Alcohol Determination in Biological Specimens
Author: RH. Cravey
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1
Release: 1994
Genre: Alcohol in the body
ISBN:

Medicolegal Aspects of Alcohol Determination in Biological Specimens was first published by PSG Publishing Company in 1988. This reprint of the book by Lawyers and es Publishing Company leaves each chapter intact with the exception of the deletion he delightful cartoons from the New Yorker magazine in chapter 14.

Medical-legal Aspects of Alcohol

Medical-legal Aspects of Alcohol
Author: James C. Garriott
Publisher: Lawyers and Judges Publishing
Total Pages: 472
Release: 2003
Genre: Law
ISBN:

Alcohol-related litigation typically pertains to arrests of drinking drivers, but also includes industrial accidents, public transport accidents, and violent crimes. Even so, the medical and legal aspects of alcohol are complex topics due to many different components present in alcohol-related cases. This book covers many important topics including alcohol and the law, biochemistry of alcohol, physiology and alcohol, blood, urine, other fluid and tissue specimens for alcohol analyses, analysis for alcohol in postmortem specimens, computer tools for body alcohol evaluation, breath as a specimen for analysis for ethanol and other low molecular weigh alcohols. The wealth of information presented in this book makes it an invaluable resource when investigating and litigating cases involving alcohol.

Forensic Pathology Reviews Vol 4

Forensic Pathology Reviews Vol 4
Author: Michael Tsokos
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 458
Release: 2007-11-05
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1592599214

Leading forensic pathologists from around the world synthesize the practical advances in a variety of important subspecialties of forensic pathology and demonstrate how the latest medical and scientific progress is being applied to solve current problems of high interest to forensic pathologists today. The authors offer cutting-edge insights into death from environmental conditions (lightning and elder abuse), homicide by sharp force, death from natural causes (asthma, Marfan syndrome, and peliosis of the liver and spleen), and pathology of human endothelium in septic organ failure. Additional chapters address special aspects of crime scene interpretation and behavioral analysis, neogenesis of ethanol and fusel oils in putrefying blood, agrochemical poisoning, imaging techniques in forensic pathology, and fixation techniques for organs and parenchymal structures. A comprehensive, up-to-date review of the international literature is given for each chapter.

Clarke's Analytical Forensic Toxicology

Clarke's Analytical Forensic Toxicology
Author: Gail Cooper
Publisher: Pharmaceutical Press
Total Pages: 657
Release: 2013-05-28
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0857110543

This invaluable textbook, written by international experts, covers all the main elements of forensic toxicology and analytical toxicology techniques as well as the important parts of pharmacokinetics, drug metabolism, and pharmacology in general, with a particular focus on drugs of abuse.

Garriott's Medicolegal Aspects of Alcohol

Garriott's Medicolegal Aspects of Alcohol
Author: Yale H. Caplan
Publisher:
Total Pages: 702
Release: 2014-10-01
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9781936360888

Now available in its Sixth Edition, Garriott's Medicolegal Aspects of Alcohol is the hands-down indispensable textbook for forensic toxicology and for anyone involved with the medicolegal aspects of alcohol. This Sixth revised edition, is designed to continue to provide you with up-to-date and authoritative information on alcohol in all aspects of its involvement in the forensic sciences. The original authors have provided updated science and information in their topic areas, and new authors with special expertise have been brought on board. All topics in the original book have been revised and expanded and new sections including standardized field sobriety testing and uncertainty in blood and breath alcohol measurements have been added. The wealth of information presented in this new sixth edition makes it an invaluable resource when investigating and litigating cases involving alcohol.

Encyclopedia of Chromatography

Encyclopedia of Chromatography
Author: Jack Cazes
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 2968
Release: 2009-10-12
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1439870675

Thoroughly revised and expanded, this third edition offers illustrative tables and figures to clarify technical points in the articles and provides a valuable, reader-friendly reference for all those who employ chromatographic methods for analysis of complex mixtures of substances. An authoritative source of information, this introductory guide to specific chromatographic techniques and theory discusses the relevant science and technology, offering key references for analyzing specific chemicals and applications in industry and focusing on emerging technologies and uses.

Handbook of Drug Monitoring Methods

Handbook of Drug Monitoring Methods
Author: Amitava Dasgupta
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 441
Release: 2007-10-23
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1588297802

Written in a handbook style with specific methods and tips on eliminating false positive and false negative results, this book is a practical guide to the detailed mechanisms of such occurrences.