Complex suicide by ethanol intoxication and inhalation of fire fumes in an old lady: Interdisciplina...
Complex suicide by ethanol intoxication and inhalation of fire fumes in an old lady: Interdisciplinary elucidation including post-mortem analysis of congener alcohols
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Ireland: Elsevier Ireland Ltd
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Abstract An 88-year-old woman committed suicide by drinking a toxic amount of highly concentrated alcohol and setting two rooms of her flat on fire. As there was not enough oxygen, the fire went out, however. At autopsy, no thermal lesions were found on the body, but soot depositions in the airways and a COHb value of 14% pointed to the inhalation...
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Complex suicide by ethanol intoxication and inhalation of fire fumes in an old lady: Interdisciplinary elucidation including post-mortem analysis of congener alcohols
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_889405934
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_889405934
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0379-0738
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1872-6283
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10.1016/j.forsciint.2011.03.024
