title: Death during deliberate propane inhalation.
abstract: Propane gas is used as a fuel and very rarely it is abused by young people in Greece. In this paper, we report a case of abuse of propane inhalation that resulted in accidental death. The determination of propane in autopsy samples was done by headspace gas chromatography and semiquantitation in liver, blood and the contents of the plastic bag through which the gas was diffused, which proved to be lethal.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tsoukali
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dimitriou
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Vassiliades
mesh_terms: D000280:Administration, Inhalation; D000328:Adult; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011407:Propane / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000506:poisoning*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders; D014018:Tissue Distribution
chemical_list: D011407:Propane