TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2015//
TI  - Suicidal fatality from azide ingestion
JO  - Journal of forensic sciences
A1  - Meatherall, Robert
A1  - Oleschuk, Curtis
SP  - 1666
EP  - 1667
VL  - 60
IS  - 6
N2  - A 35-year-old man ingested an unknown amount of sodium azide and died within 2 h. The postmortem interval was 3 days. No alcohol or drugs were found in the blood and urine. Azide was derivatized in the peripheral blood, urine, and vitreous fluid with propionic anhydride. A portion of the headspace was injected onto a gas chromatograph with a nitrogen-phosphorus detector. Azide was quantitated in the peripheral blood (1.1 μg/mL), urine (7.5 μg/mL), and vitreous (43 μg/mL). The vitreous appears to be a better fluid for azide screening because of slower degradation.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0022-1198
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1556-4029.12857
ID  - ref1
ER  -