Suicide by hydrogen sulfide inhalation

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 23-25

  Bott, Eleanor ^a   Dodd, Malcolm ^a  

^a VICTORIAN INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC MEDICINE   (Australia)

Author keywords

hydrogen sulfide; post mortem; suicide

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM SULFIDE; CAUSTIC AGENT; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; METHEMOGLOBIN; SULFIDE;

ADULT; AIR AND AIR RELATED PHENOMENA; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CAR; CASE REPORT; CHEMICAL BURN; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; HUMAN; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATHOLOGY; SUICIDE;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; AIR POLLUTANTS; AUTOMOBILES; BURNS, CHEMICAL; CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; CAUSTICS; CONFINED SPACES; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; METHEMOGLOBIN; SUICIDE; SULFIDES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873997644     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: 1533404X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAF.0b013e31827ab5ad     Document Type: Article

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