Fatal barium chloride poisoning: Four cases report and literature review

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 115-118

  Ananda, Sunnassee ^a   Shaohua, Zhu ^a   Liang, Liu ^a,b  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF POLITICAL SCIENCE AND LAW   (China)

Author keywords

autopsy; barium chloride; forensic pathology; poisoning

Indexed keywords

BARIUM CHLORIDE; BARIUM DERIVATIVE; CHLORIDE;

ACCIDENT; ADULT; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; CELL VACUOLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DIARRHEA; FATTY LIVER; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE; HEART VENTRICLE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; KIDNEY TUBULE; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PATHOLOGY; PURPURA; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; REVIEW; VOMITING; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCIDENTS; ADULT; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; BARIUM COMPOUNDS; CHLORIDES; DIARRHEA; FATTY LIVER; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; HEART VENTRICLES; HEMORRHAGE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; HYPOKALEMIA; KIDNEY TUBULES; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYOCARDIUM; PURPURA; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; VACUOLES; VOMITING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878824322     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: 1533404X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAF.0b013e31828a2626     Document Type: Review

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