A fatal case of a paint thinner ingestion: Comparison between toxicological and histological findings

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 186-191

  Argo, Antonina ^a   Bongiorno, David ^a   Bonifacio, Antonino ^a   Pernice, Valentina ^a   Liotta, Rosa ^a   Indelicato, Serena ^a   Zerbo, Stefania ^a   Fleres, Pierangela ^a   Ceraulo, Leopoldo ^a   Procaccianti, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Paint thinner ingestion; Self poisoning; Toluene; Varnish diluting solvents; Xylene

Indexed keywords

SOLVENT; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BRAIN; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; CHEMISTRY; ESOPHAGUS; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; HUMAN; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; SOLID PHASE MICROEXTRACTION; STOMACH JUICE; SUICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; BRAIN EDEMA; ESOPHAGUS; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; PULMONARY EDEMA; SOLID PHASE MICROEXTRACTION; SOLVENTS; SUICIDE; TOLUENE; XYLENES;

EID: 77953155492     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAF.0b013e3181c6c11f     Document Type: Article

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