Alcohol
Volume 26, Issue 1 , Pages 17-22 , January 2002

Concentration of ethanol and other volatile compounds in the blood of acutely poisoned alcoholics

  • Dariusz Zuba

      Affiliations

    • Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Jagiellonian University, 30-060 Kraków, Poland
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  • Wojciech Piekoszewski

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Forensic Research, 31-033 Kraków, Poland
    • Laboratory of Clinical Toxicology and Pharmacokinetics, Rydygier’s Hospital, 31-826 Kraków, Poland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Institute of Forensic Research, Kraków, 9 Westerplatte, 31-033 Kraków, Poland. Tel.: +48-12-421-91-19; fax: +48-12-422-38-50
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  • Janusz Pach

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Toxicology, Collegium Medicum, Jagiellonian University, 31-826 Kraków, Poland
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  • Lidia Winnik

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Toxicology, Collegium Medicum, Jagiellonian University, 31-826 Kraków, Poland
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  • Andrzej Parczewski

      Affiliations

    • Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Jagiellonian University, 30-060 Kraków, Poland

Received 9 August 2000 ,Revised 18 July 2001 ,Accepted 13 August 2001.

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Alcohol
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