A suicide by ingestion of a mixture of copper, chromium and arsenic compounds.
A suicide resulting from the ingestion of copper, chromium and arsenic is reported. Death was delayed for 36 hours, during which time copper was rapidly eliminated from the body but chromium and arsenic remained in substantial quantities. The different metabolism of these elements is discussed and the tissue levels discovered are compared with the normal levels.
D001151:Arsenic / Q000378:metabolism; D020261:Arsenic Poisoning; D002857:Chromium / Q000378:metabolism / Q000506:poisoning*; D003300:Copper / Q000378:metabolism / Q000506:poisoning*; D006801:Humans; D013405:Suicide; D014018:Tissue Distribution
D002857:Chromium; D003300:Copper; D001151:Arsenic