Acute fatal poisoning with dichlorophen.
A case is presented involving an acute fatality resulting from self-administered dichlorophen, a chlorophenol fungicide. The compound was quantified using gas chromatography/mass spectrometry after extraction with methyl-tert-butyl ether, derivatization by methylation and separation on a HP5-MS capillary column. The blood concentration was 9.77 mg/l and other drugs, including ethanol, were not detected.
Kintz
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Institut de Medecine Legal, Strasbourg, France.
Jamey
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Doray
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Ludes
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B
D004003:Dichlorophen / Q000097:blood / Q000506:poisoning*; D005260:Female; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D013405:Suicide
D004003:Dichlorophen