title: Quantitation of postmortem profenofos levels.
abstract: METHODS
  An 88-year-old woman was found dead, and suicidal ingestion of profenofos, an organophosphate pesticide, was suspected.
  
  
  METHODS
  Gas chromatography-nitrogen phosphorus detection was employed for quantitation of profenofos after its identification by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The levels of profenofos in whole blood, urine, and gastric contents were 1200 ng, 350 ng, and 3.35 mg/mL, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Japan. sn0220@akiha.hama-med.ac.jp
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Seno
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hattori
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kumazawa
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ishii
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Suzuki
mesh_terms: D000284:Administration, Oral; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D006801:Humans; D007306:Insecticides / Q000032:analysis* / Q000097:blood / Q000506:poisoning* / Q000652:urine; D062025:Organophosphate Poisoning; D063086:Organothiophosphates / Q000032:analysis* / Q000097:blood / Q000652:urine; D012015:Reference Standards; D013405:Suicide
chemical_list: D007306:Insecticides; D063086:Organothiophosphates; C024273:profenofos