Massive acute arsenic poisonings

Forensic Science International

Volumn 151, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 273-277

  Lech, Teresa ^a   Trela, Franciszek ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC RESEARCH   (Poland)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Massive poisoning; Post mortem findings; Tissue concentrations

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; ARSENIC;

ARSENIC POISONING; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD LEVEL; CADAVER; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH CONTENT; SUICIDE; TISSUE SECTION; TOXICITY TESTING; URINALYSIS;

EID: 20444385149     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2005.01.018     Document Type: Article

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