Citation

Thompson TS, Treble RG, Magliocco A, Roettger JR, Eichhorst JC. Forensic Sci. Int. 1998; 95(2): 89-98.

Affiliation

Saskatchewan Health, Provincial Laboratory, Regina, Canada.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1998, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

9722973

Abstract

A case involving a fatal poisoning (suicide) by the insecticide malathion is described. The intact insecticide was found in the post-mortem blood and gastric contents at concentrations of 1.8 and 978 micrograms/ml, respectively. None of the insecticide was found in the autopsied liver tissue. Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) techniques were used for the identification and quantification of malathion in the body fluids.

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