Phenol: tissue distribution in a fatality.
A case is reported where phenol, a disinfectant, was ingested and resulted in the death of a 40-year-old white female. Concentrations of phenol were determined in blood (130 mg/L), urine (47 mg/L), bile (187 mg/L), brain (486 mg/kg), kidney (331 mg/kg), muscle (204 mg/kg), liver (228 mg/kg), and stomach content (668 mg) and compared to other cases reported in the literature.
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Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, Baltimore, MD.
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D000328:Adult; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000032:analysis; D019800:Phenol; D010636:Phenols / Q000032:analysis / Q000506:poisoning*; D013405:Suicide; D014018:Tissue Distribution
D010636:Phenols; D019800:Phenol