A fatal case of hydrogen sulfide poisoning in a geothermal power plant

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 908-910

  Kage, Shigetoshi ^a   Ito, Shinji ^b,c   Kishida, Tetsuko ^d   Kudo, Keiko ^c   Ikeda, Noriaki ^c  

^a Forensic Science Laboratory   (Japan)

^b Forensic Science Laboratory   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Analysis; Forensic science; Forensic toxicology; Gas chromatography mass spectrometry; Hydrogen sulfide; Metabolite; Thiosulfate

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN SULFIDE; SULFIDE; THIOSULFATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BRAIN LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GAS POISONING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MUSCLE LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE LEVEL;

EID: 0031902528     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs14329j     Document Type: Article

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