Concentrations of toluene in the body killed by an injury to the head shortly after ingesting thinner

Forensic Science International

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 9-12

  Yajima, Yukihito ^a   Funayama, Masato ^a   Niitsu, Hisae ^b   Nata, Masayuki ^a   Kanawaku, Yoshimasa ^a   Sakai, Jun ^a   Aoki, Yasuhiro ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Solvent; Toluene ingestion

Indexed keywords

ETHYLBENZENE; THINNER; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRAIN; CASE REPORT; FATALITY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INTESTINE; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DEFECT; STOMACH; STOMACH CONTENT; TOXICOLOGY; URINALYSIS;

EID: 8444229018     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2004.03.036     Document Type: Article

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