Attempted suicide by ingestion of methoxychlor.
A rare case involving an attempt to commit suicide by ingestion of a commercially available product containing methoxychlor as the active ingredient is presented. Clinical symptoms exhibited by the patient included no response to stimuli, pale skin, and profuse sweating. A serum sample collected at the time of admission to the hospital was found to contain 0.67 microg/mL of methoxychlor. The determination of methoxychlor was performed using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry.
Saskatchewan Health, Provincial Laboratory, Environmental Sciences, Regina, Canada.
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Thompson
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Vorster
D000368:Aged; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D006801:Humans; D007306:Insecticides / Q000097:blood / Q000506:poisoning*; D008297:Male; D008731:Methoxychlor / Q000097:blood / Q000506:poisoning*; D013406:Suicide, Attempted
D007306:Insecticides; D008731:Methoxychlor