Homicidal poisoning with halothane.
A double homicide by smothering with halothane-moistened towels is described and the blood and tissue concentrations of halothane are discussed in comparison to the literature.
Madea
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B
Institute of Legal Medicine, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University, Bonn, Germany.
Musshoff
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F
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D018685:Anesthetics, Inhalation / Q000032:analysis / Q000506:poisoning*; D001237:Asphyxia / Q000097:blood / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000473:pathology*; D001344:Autopsy / Q000379:methods*; D002423:Cause of Death; D005260:Female; D006221:Halothane / Q000032:analysis / Q000506:poisoning*; D006708:Homicide; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
D018685:Anesthetics, Inhalation; D006221:Halothane