@article{ref1,
title="Suicidal nitrogen inhalation by use of scuba full-face diving mask",
journal="Journal of forensic sciences",
year="2013",
author="Straka, Lubomir and Novomesky, Frantisek and Gavel, Anton and Mlynar, Juraj and Hejna, Petr",
volume="58",
number="5",
pages="1384-1387",
abstract="A 29-year-old man was found dead lying on the bed in a hotel room in a famous Slovak mountain resort. He had a full-face diving mask on his face, connected through a diving breath regulator to a valve of an industrial (nondiving) high-pressure tank containing pure 100% nitrogen. The breath regulator (open-circuit type) used allowed inhalation of nitrogen without addition of open air, and the full-face diving mask assured aspiration of the gas even during the time of unconsciousness. At autopsy, we found the typical signs of suffocation. Toxicological analysis revealed 94.7% content of nitrogen in alveolar air. Following the completion of the police investigation, the manner of death was classified as a suicide. Within the medico-legal literature, there has been only one similar case of suicidal nitrogen inhalation described (1).<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0022-1198",
doi="10.1111/1556-4029.12239",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1556-4029.12239"
}