A Lethal Case of DEET Toxicity Due to Intentional Ingestion

Journal of Analytical Toxicology

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 696-698

  Wiles, Devin ^a   Yee, Justin ^a   Castillo, Uvidelio ^b   Russell, Jason ^a   Spiller, Henry ^c   Casavant, Marcel ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences   (United States)

^c Central Ohio Poison Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; DIETHYLTOLUAMIDE; EDETIC ACID; HEPARIN; INSECT REPELLENT; SOLVENT;

ACIDOSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRAIN EDEMA; CARDIOTOXICITY; CASE REPORT; CENTRIFUGE; HEART ARREST; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INGESTION; LETHALITY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLASMA; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SEIZURE; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; TACHYCARDIA; TOXICITY; URINALYSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; FATALITY; URINE;

ADULT; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DEET; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EDETIC ACID; FATAL OUTCOME; HEPARIN; HUMANS; INSECT REPELLENTS; MALE; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION;

EID: 84913531077     PISSN: 01464760     EISSN: 19452403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jat/bku082     Document Type: Article

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