Two fatal cases of dichloromethane or chloroform poisoning

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 527-529

  Kim, NamYee ^a   Park, SungWoo ^a   Suh, JaiKwan ^a  

^a National Institute of Scientific Investigation   (South Korea)

Author keywords

chloroform; dichloromethane; forensic science; headspace GC; mass spectrometric detector; poisoning

Indexed keywords

CHLOROFORM; DICHLOROMETHANE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG TISSUE LEVEL; FORENSIC SCIENCE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029949351     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs13951j     Document Type: Article

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