Mercury fatal intoxication: Two case reports

Forensic Science International

Volumn 184, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages

  Triunfante, Paula ^a   Soares, Maria Elisa ^a   Santos, Agostinho ^b   Tavares, Susana ^b   Carmo, Helena ^a   Bastos, Maria de Lourdes ^a  

^a Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade do Porto   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE MEDICINA LEGAL E CIÊNCIAS FORENSES   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Forensic analysis; Mercury intoxication; Mercury speciation

Indexed keywords

MERCURIC CHLORIDE; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; AUTOPSY; BLOOD LEVEL; BRAIN LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HEART; HEMODIALYSIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KIDNEY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIVER LEVEL; LUNG; MALE; MERCURIALISM; METHYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; SPLEEN; STOMACH; SUICIDE; THORAX; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; URINE LEVEL;

EID: 58649102464     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2008.10.023     Document Type: Article

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