A Paraquat Fatality—The Dilemma of Multiple Analyses
- 1 April 1983
- journal article
- case report
- Published by ASTM International in Journal of Forensic Sciences
- Vol. 28 (2) , 510-515
- https://doi.org/10.1520/jfs11537j
Abstract
Presented is a case of suicidal paraquat poisoning. Postmortem analytical measurement of paraquat content in autopsy specimens was accomplished at two different analytical laboratories using different methodological approaches. Despite some disparate results, all findings indicated acute paraquat poisoning.Keywords
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