A fatal case of n-butane poisoning after inhaling anti-perspiration aerosol deodorant

Legal Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 113-118

  Ago, Mihoko ^a   Ago, Kazutoshi ^a   Ogata, Mamoru ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autopsy; n Butane; Poisoning; Sudden death; Tissue distribution

Indexed keywords

BUTANE; DEODORANT AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; AEROSOL; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD LEVEL; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FATALITY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GAS POISONING; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; INHALATION; KIDNEY; LIVER LEVEL; LUNG; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; SUDDEN DEATH; TISSUE LEVEL;

EID: 0036335793     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1344-6223(01)00063-3     Document Type: Article

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