Citation

Young DB, McCormick GM. Am. J. Forensic Med. Pathol. 1995; 16(3): 223-228.

Affiliation

North Louisiana Regional Forensic Laboratory, Bossier City 71111, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1995, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

7495263

Abstract

The proper investigation of deaths due to poisoning and the determination of the manner of death often depend upon knowledge and investigative skills that may have been allowed to deteriorate with lack of use. These case reports illustrate a wide variety of substances that people can ingest. This collection of case reports includes the ingestion of two insecticides and three different organic chemicals. A concise review of literature is provided, along with symptoms exhibited by those who ingest these poisons, and methodologies recommended for their determination in this series of cases.

Language: en