A new series of hair analyses from Napoleon confirms chronic exposure to arsenic

Journal of Analytical Toxicology

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 584-585

  Kintz, Pascal ^a   Goullé, Jean Pierre ^b   Fornes, Paul ^c   Ludes, Bertrand ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE MÉDECINE LÉGALE   (France)

^b LE HAVRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC;

ARSENIC POISONING; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; HAIR; HISTORY; MALE; PUBLIC FIGURE;

ARSENIC; ARSENIC POISONING; FAMOUS PERSONS; HAIR; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC;

EID: 1842835857     PISSN: 01464760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jat/26.8.584     Document Type: Letter

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