@article{ref1,
title="Suicidal Death by Nicotine Poisoning",
journal="Korean journal of legal medicine (2014)",
year="2014",
author="Jun, Young-Jin and Kim, Hyoungjoong and Park, Sohyung",
volume="",
number="",
pages="167-170",
abstract="Nicotine is a water-soluble alkaloid extracted from tobacco plants, and most frequently encountered in snuff, chewing tobacco, cigarettes, cigars and pipe tobacco or in a limited number of pesticides. Nicotine overdose or poisoning might be serious or fatal and lead to death; caused by cardiovascular arrest, respiratory muscle paralysis, and/or central respiratory failure due to its toxic effect. Suicide by nicotine ingestion has been rarely reported due to emetic response. We present a case of suicidal nicotine poisoning. A 56-year-old man was found dead and the postmortem examination revealed no injury or disease. We confirmed a high concentration of nicotine in the toxicological test. Through scene investigation, we determined this case as a suicidal nicotine poisoning.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2383-5702",
doi="10.7580/kjlm.2014.38.4.167",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.7580/kjlm.2014.38.4.167"
}