PMID: 3744214Jul 31, 1986Paper

Is zinc a reliable biochemical marker of chronic alcoholism in the overall context of a medico-legal autopsy?

Forensic Science International : Synergy
M H PietteA Vanheule

Abstract

The purpose of our investigation is to appreciate the usefulness of zinc determination in the human body with regard to the tracing of chronic alcoholism at forensic autopsies. The analysis of zinc was performed in vitreous humour and in skeletal muscle. Our results tend to prove that, in post-mortem material, zinc is not a suitable marker of chronic alcoholism. Furthermore one has to take into account the frequent contamination during collection and storage of the samples and also the post-mortem increase of zinc in the vitreous humour due to autolysis.

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