A fatality due to inhalation of 1,1-difluoroethane (HFC-152a) with a peculiar device

Forensic Toxicology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 45-48

  Sasaki, Chizuko ^a   Shinozuka, Tatsuo ^b   Irie, Wataru ^a   Nakamae, Takuma ^c   Murakami, Chikako ^a   Nakamaru, Naomi ^a   Furukawa, Masataka ^a   Nakamura, Shigeki ^a   Kurihara, Katsuyoshi ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA COLLEGE OF PHARMACY   (Japan)

^c INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Japan)

Author keywords

1,1 Difluoroethane; Gas mask; GC FID; Headspace gas chromatography; HFC 152a; Inhalant abuse

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIFLUOROETHANE; FLUOROCARBON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEVICE; EUPHORIA; FATALITY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INHALATION; INTOXICATION; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 61349149894     PISSN: 18608965     EISSN: 18608973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11419-008-0065-7     Document Type: Article

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