Case study: fatal poisoning by malathion.
A case involving a fatal poisoning (suicide) by the insecticide malathion is described. The intact insecticide was found in the post-mortem blood and gastric contents at concentrations of 1.8 and 978 micrograms/ml, respectively. None of the insecticide was found in the autopsied liver tissue. Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) techniques were used for the identification and quantification of malathion in the body fluids.
Saskatchewan Health, Provincial Laboratory, Regina, Canada.
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TS
Thompson
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RG
Treble
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A
Magliocco
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JR
Roettger
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JC
Eichhorst
D000328:Adult; D001826:Body Fluids / Q000737:chemistry; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D006801:Humans; D007306:Insecticides / Q000032:analysis / Q000506:poisoning*; D008099:Liver / Q000737:chemistry; D008294:Malathion / Q000032:analysis / Q000506:poisoning*; D013405:Suicide
D007306:Insecticides; D008294:Malathion