Autoerotic accident by inhalation of propane-butane gas mixture

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 355-359

  Jackowski, Christian ^a   Römhild, Wolfgang ^b   Aebi, Beat ^a   Bernhard, Werner ^a   Krause, Dieter ^b   Dirnhofer, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Accidental autoerotic death; Autoerotic accident; Butane; Intoxication; LPG; Propane

Indexed keywords

1,1,2 TRICHLORO 1,2,2 TRIFLUOROETHANE; BUTANE; CANNABIS; HYDROCARBON; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; PROPANE; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOLIC ACID;

ACCIDENTAL DEATH; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HERNIA; CASE REPORT; DRUG ABUSE; EMPHYSEMA; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INHALATION; INTOXICATION; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG CONGESTION; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROCOMPUTER; PUBLICATION; SUPINE POSITION; ACCIDENT; CANNABIS ADDICTION; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; SEXUAL DEVIATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ACCIDENTS; ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADULT; BUTANES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; PARAPHILIAS; PROPANE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33644846932     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.paf.0000188076.54147.07     Document Type: Article

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