Tetrachloroethylene and trichloroethylene fatality: Case report and simple headspace SPME-capillary gas chromatographic determination in tissues

Journal of Analytical Toxicology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 22-26

  Dehon, B ^a,b   Humbert, L ^a   Devisme, L ^a   Stievenart, M ^a   Mathieu, D ^a   Houdret, N ^a   Lhermitte, M ^a  

^a LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Serv de Biochim et de Biol Molec   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG TISSUE LEVEL; ELECTRON CAPTURE DETECTION; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EXTRACTION; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN;

EID: 0033954440     PISSN: 01464760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jat/24.1.22     Document Type: Article

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