Fatal hydrogen sulfide poisoning at a dye works

Legal Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 182-186

  Kage, Shigetoshi ^a   Ikeda, Hideaki ^a,b   Ikeda, Noriaki ^b   Tsujita, Akira ^a   Kudo, Keiko ^b  

^a Forensic Science Laboratory   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Forensic science; Forensic toxicology; Gas chromatography mass spectrometry; Hydrogen sulfide; Thiosulfate

Indexed keywords

DYE; HYDROGEN SULFIDE;

ANALYZER; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; FATALITY; GAS POISONING; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; POLICE; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; URINE; WASTE WATER; WORK;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; COLORING AGENTS; FATAL OUTCOME; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; THIOSULFATES;

EID: 3042561729     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2004.04.004     Document Type: Article

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