ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Published Online: 1 July 1981
Page Count: 5

Detection of Phenobarbital in Bloodstains, Semen, Seminal Stains, Saliva, Saliva Stains, Perspiration Stains, and Hair
Pomposini, DA
Criminalist, Allegheny County Crime Laboratory, Pa.

Smith, FP
Assistant professor, University of Alabama, Ala.

(Received 8 November 1980; accepted 10 December 1980)

Abstract

Low nanogram quantities of phenobarbital were detected in a 10-μL dried blood stain and in other physiological fluids by using radioimmunoassay. The age of the stain versus detectability of phenobarbital and the cross-reactivity of vaginal secretions were investigated.

Keywords:
toxicology, phenobarbital, radioimmunoassay

Paper ID: JFS11403J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS11403J
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