Chemical factors affecting the interpretation of blood cyanide concentrations in fire victims

Legal Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2003, Pages

  Moriya, Fumio ^a   Hashimoto, Yoshiaki ^a  

^a KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blood cyanide concentrations; Carboxyhemoglobin; Cyanide; Fire victims; Forensic toxicology; Methemoglobin

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN; CYANIDE; METHEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; AUTOPSY; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FIRE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME OF DEATH; VICTIM;

EID: 0038077560     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1344-6223(02)00079-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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