@article{ref1,
title="Pesticide poisoning initially suspected as a natural death",
journal="Journal of forensic sciences",
year="2001",
author="Yamazaki, M. and Terada, M. and Kuroki, H. and Honda, K. and Matoba, R. and Mitsukuni, Y.",
volume="46",
number="1",
pages="165-170",
abstract="A pesticide poisoning victim suspected initially as having died a natural death was autopsied. The victim was a 47-year-old male. Macroscopically, signs of acute death and, in particular, general erosion in the mucosa of the airways and esophagus were observed. In the gastric contents, which had a pungent smell and a greenish-brown color, 5.00 g/L of propanil, 1.27 g/L of carbaryl, 0.38 g/L of ethylbenzene, and 0.32 g/L of xylene were detected. In the blood (serum), 21.6 mg/L of propanil, 8.1 mg/L of carbaryl, 1.7 mg/L of ethylbenzene, and 4.0 mg/L of xylene were identified. Postmortem methemoglobinemia (45%) was recognized. The cause of death was considered to have been pesticide poisoning; propanil was probably most responsible for his death. The police considered the case to be &quot;death with illness as the suspected cause.&quot; By performing an autopsy, however, we were able to clarify that the cause of death was pesticide poisoning.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0022-1198",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}