TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2000//
TI  - Attempted suicide by ingestion of methoxychlor
JO  - Journal of analytical toxicology
A1  - Thompson, T. S.
A1  - Vorster, S. J.
SP  - 377
EP  - 380
VL  - 24
IS  - 5
N2  - A rare case involving an attempt to commit suicide by ingestion of a commercially available product containing methoxychlor as the active ingredient is presented. Clinical symptoms exhibited by the patient included no response to stimuli, pale skin, and profuse sweating. A serum sample collected at the time of admission to the hospital was found to contain 0.67 microg/mL of methoxychlor. The determination of methoxychlor was performed using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0146-4760
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jat/24.5.377
ID  - ref1
ER  -