A death in a stationary vehicle whilst idling: Unusual carbon monoxide poisoning by exhaust gases

Legal Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2003, Pages

  Osawa, Motoki ^a   Horiuchi, Hidekazu ^a   Yoshida, Koutaro ^b   Tada, Takeshi ^b   Harada, Akira ^b  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Forensic Science Laboratory   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbon monoxide poisoning; Exhaust gases; Motor vehicle

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CARBON MONOXIDE; CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AIR CONDITIONING; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; AUTOPSY; CARBON MONOXIDE INTOXICATION; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEATH; EXHAUST GAS; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; URINE LEVEL;

EID: 0037739998     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1344-6223(02)00094-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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