Acute fatal poisoning cases due to furathiocarb ingestion.
Seven cases involving acute fatalities due to ingestion of furathiocarb, a carbamate insecticide, are presented. Furathiocarb was detected in the gastric contents using thin layer chromatography (TLC) and gas chromatography/mass spectrophotometry (GC/MS), and quantified in the blood using a gas chromatograph equipped with a nitrogen-phosphorus detector (NPD). The fatal levels of furathiocarb in the blood ranged from 0.1 to 21.6 micrograms/ml.
Lee
S K
SK
National Institute of Scientific Investigation, Seoul, South Korea.
Ameno
K
K
In
S W
SW
Yang
W K
WK
Koo
K S
KS
Yoo
Y C
YC
Kubota
T
T
Ameno
S
S
Ijiri
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I
D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001344:Autopsy; D001572:Benzofurans / Q000097:blood / Q000737:chemistry / Q000506:poisoning*; D002219:Carbamates / Q000097:blood / Q000737:chemistry / Q000506:poisoning*; D002423:Cause of Death; D002855:Chromatography, Thin Layer; D005260:Female; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D006801:Humans; D007306:Insecticides / Q000097:blood / Q000737:chemistry / Q000506:poisoning*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013405:Suicide
D001572:Benzofurans; D002219:Carbamates; D007306:Insecticides; C052300:deltanit