@article{ref1,
title="Formaldehyde poisoning: Two case reports",
journal="Journal (Canadian Society of Forensic Science)",
year="2007",
author="Jones, G. R. and Singer, P. P.",
volume="40",
number="2",
pages="35-38",
abstract="Two separate cases of death due to suicidal formaldehyde poisoning are reported. Formaldehyde is very rapidly metabolized to formic acid (formate). Formate concentrations were as follows: Case 1--blood 0.37, vitreous humor 0.12, urine 0.08; Case 2--blood 0.72, vitreous humor 0.57, urine 0.41 (all g/L). Methanol was also detected in all specimens, attributed to its presence as a stabilizer in commercial formaldehyde solutions. Formate was measured by headspace gas chromatography on an Rtx-BAC1 fused silica column (30 m × 0.53 mm ID, 3.0 μm film thickness, Restek #18001) after in situ methylation using methanol and concentrated sulfuric acid. The internal standard was diisopropyl ether.<p />",
language="en",
issn="0008-5030",
doi="10.1080/00085030.2007.10757149",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00085030.2007.10757149"
}