title: [Detection of metal traces in electric marks].
abstract: Report on a suicidal electrocution, in which a 29-year-old man twisted copper wires around his wrists fixing the ends to an emergency current aggregate. Heavy metal analyses of the electrical marks were performed with ICP-AES-spectrometry.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Rechtsmedizin, Universität Freiburg/Brsg.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Logemann
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Raule
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Hellerich
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Krützfeldt
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002058:Burns, Electric / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004556:Electric Injuries / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008670:Metals / Q000032:analysis*; D012867:Skin / Q000293:injuries* / Q000473:pathology; D013405:Suicide / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*
chemical_list: D008670:Metals