title: Fatal chloroquine self-poisoning.
abstract: High performance liquid chromatography was employed to quantify chloroquine in biological fluids and tissues in a death attributed to chloroquine overdose. The blood concentration of chloroquine was 16.71 mg/l. Results are discussed in the light of the existing literature.
authors.affiliation: Institut de Médecine Légale, Strasbourg, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kintz
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ritter-Lohner
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Lamant
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tracqui
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mangin
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Lugnier
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Chaumont
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001344:Autopsy; D001826:Body Fluids / Q000032:analysis; D002738:Chloroquine / Q000032:analysis / Q000506:poisoning*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013405:Suicide
chemical_list: D002738:Chloroquine