TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2014//
TI  - Suicidal Death by Nicotine Poisoning
JO  - Korean journal of legal medicine (2014)
A1  - Jun, Young-Jin
A1  - Kim, Hyoungjoong
A1  - Park, Sohyung
SP  - 167
EP  - 170
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N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 2383-5702
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.7580/kjlm.2014.38.4.167
ID  - ref1
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