Criminal arsenic poisoning-a case report

Anil Aggrawal's Internet Journal of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Mittal, Pawan ^a   Chhillar, Dinesh ^a   Dhattarwal, S K ^a   Singla, Kamal ^a   Merry, Vincent ^a   Singh, Sonia ^b  

^a PT B D SHARMA UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

^b POST GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Homicidal poisoning; Petechial haemorrhages; Velvety red mucosa

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARSENIC POISONING; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BURNING SENSATION; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIARRHEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDIAL HEMORRHAGE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HEART PALPITATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PANCREAS NECROSIS; PETECHIA; QT PROLONGATION; RIGOR MORTIS; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; STOMACH MUCOSA; THORAX PAIN; VOMITING;

EID: 84906765903     PISSN: 09728066     EISSN: 09728074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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