Asphyxial deaths caused by automobile exhaust inhalation not attributable to carbon monoxide toxicity: Study of 2 cases

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 123-126

  Schmunk, Gregory A ^a   Kaplan, James A ^b  

^a Santa Clara County Medical Examiner Coroner   (United States)

^b Office of the Chief Medical Examiner   (United States)

Author keywords

Asphyxia; Automobile exhaust; Carbon dioxide; Carbon monoxide; Forensic science; Inhalation; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CARBON MONOXIDE; CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; DOXYLAMINE; OXYGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; CASE REPORT; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INHALATION; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SUICIDE;

AGED; ASPHYXIA; CARBON MONOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SUICIDE; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 0036266512     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000433-200206000-00002     Document Type: Article

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