Asphyxial Deaths Caused by Automobile Exhaust Inhalation not Attributable to Carbon Monoxide Toxicity: Study of 2 Cases
作者:
Gregory Schmunk,
James Kaplan,
期刊:
The American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology
(OVID Available online 2002)
卷期:
Volume 23,
issue 2
页码: 123-126
ISSN:0195-7910
年代: 2002
出版商: OVID
关键词: Forensic science;Automobile exhaust;Inhalation;Carbon monoxide;Carbon dioxide;Suicide;Asphyxia
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
The authors report two suicides that resulted from the intentional inhalation of automobile exhaust gases in which death occurred without the formation of physiologically significant amounts of carboxyhemoglobin. These circumstances are correlated with measurements of the involved vehicles’ exhaust gases, which showed reduced concentrations of carbon monoxide present, reflecting improvements in automobile engine technology. In the absence of carbon monoxide toxicity, the authors attribute death in these cases to asphyxia caused by carbon dioxide intoxication and diminished atmospheric oxygen concentrations.
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