Medicolegal Significance of Alcohol Examination of Cadaveric Samples a Review Study

, Cook-Jin Moon

Original Article

Korean Journal of Legal Medicine 1979;3(1):43-48.

Dept, of Legal Medicine, Korea University, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Abstract

The examination of alcohol after death is very importent as a medicolegal examination, therefore, reviewed articles deal with postmortal production of alcohol; differences of postmortal production of alcohol in cadavas by located places, various tissues, vitreous humors and determination of alcohol concentration in hematoma and difference of alcohol concentration in cadaveric blood. by sampling. And significance of body fluids as samples for determination of alcohol concentration; alcohol concentration in the urine after ingest alcohol, relationship of alcohol concentration in blood, urine and saliva after ingest alcohol, the factors influence to alcohol concentration in various body fluids and alcohol absorption in urinary bladder were also reviewed.