Citation

Brewer WE, Galipo RC, Morgan SL, Habben KH. J. Anal. Toxicol. 1997; 21(4): 286-290.

Affiliation

Toxicology Department, South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, Columbia 29210, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1997, Preston Publications)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

9248946

Abstract

A simple, sensitive, and reliable method was developed for the confirmation of nonroutine volatiles in the investigation of two traffic fatalities. Solid-phase microextraction (SPME) fibers were used to extract volatile compounds from the headspace of sample vials; components were subsequently analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). In the first case, ethanol and methylene chloride were detected in a urine sample by headspace SPME and GC-MS. The second case involved the analysis of volatile petroleum products from submitted specimens by headspace SPME and GC-MS. In both cases, SPME and GC-MS analyses provided crucial evidence in the investigation of the traffic fatalities.

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