A fatal case considered to be due to cardiac arrhythmia associated with butane inhalation

Legal Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 134-138

  Fuke, Chiaki ^a   Miyazaki, Tetsuji ^a   Arao, Tomonori ^a   Morinaga, Yasumasa ^a   Takaesu, Hajime ^a   Takeda, Taichi ^a   Iwamasa, Teruo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abuse; Arrhythmia; Butane inhalation; Gas chromatography; Poisoning; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

BUTANE; PROPANE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD LEVEL; BRAIN LEVEL; CADAVER; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FATALITY; FOLLOW UP; GAS ANALYSIS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GAS POISONING; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INHALATION; LUNG; MALE;

EID: 0036339593     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1344-6223(02)00004-4     Document Type: Article

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