Citation

Ikebuchi J, Yamamoto Y, Nishi K, Okada K, Irizawa Y. Nippon Hoigaku Zasshi 1993; 47(5): 406-409.

Affiliation

Department of Legal Medicine, Tottori University School of Medicine, Yonago, Japan.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1993, Nihon Hoi Gakkai)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8258905

Abstract

A case of fatal hydrogen sulfide poisoning in a sewage disposal plant is described. Hydrogen sulfide levels were determined in several postmortem body tissues and fluids using gas chromatography with a flame photometric detection (GC-FPD). The concentrations of hydrogen sulfide in the blood, muscle, liver, lung, kidney, heart and brain were 0.305, 0.690, 1.089, 1.338, 1.170, 1.366 and 0.875 (micrograms/g or ml), respectively. The results are discussed in the light of the existing literature on the toxicological significance of hydrogen sulfide concentrations.

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