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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2-3
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-1-16
pubmed:abstractText
Two cases (involving five murder victims) of multiple homicide by inhalational chloroform intoxication are reported. In the discussion of the findings the valence of toxicological analyses is underlined with regard to the possibility of forcible external suffocation due to occlusion of the respiratory orifices by means of a chloroform-soaked soft covering. In addition storage experiments were performed at +4, +20 and -20 degrees C with cadaver blood mixed with chloroform. The optimal solution for avoiding volatile losses was stored in glass tubes with ground glass stoppers. In cases of unclear death in which involvement of volatile substances is suspected it is, therefore, advisable to preserve an additional blood sample at -20 degrees C in glass tubes that are only opened for the analysis of volatile substances.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0379-0738
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
27
pubmed:volume
124
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
209-13
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Multiple homicides as a result of chloroform poisoning: case report and experimental study.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute of Legal Medicine, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Frankfurter Strasse 58, D-35392 Giessen, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports