Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) poisoning: Report of two cases and review of the literature

Forensic Science International

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 193-200

  Fukunaga, Tatsushige ^a   Yamamoto, Hidetaka ^a   Tanegashima, Akio ^a   Yamamoto, Yoshio ^b   Nishi, Katsuji ^b  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asphyxia; Cause of death; Gas chromatography; Liquefied petroleum gas; Poisoning; Propane; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; PROPANE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; AUTOPSY; BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOXIA; INTOXICATION; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030601654     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-0738(96)01995-0     Document Type: Article

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