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A fatal case by a suicide kit containing sodium nitrite ordered on the internet

dc.contributor.authorDurão, C
dc.contributor.authorPedrosa, F
dc.contributor.authorDinis-Oliveira, RJ
dc.date.accessioned2020-11-23T23:44:07Z
dc.date.available2020-11-23T23:44:07Z
dc.date.issued2020-07
dc.description.abstractFatal sodium nitrite poisonings are rare in the forensic context. The present work describes a first fatal case of sodium nitrite contained in a suicide kit that the victim acquired over the internet. The results of the autopsy showed general signs of asphyxia, such as intense cyanosis of the extremities, brown-gray-blue-red livor mortis, and some Tardieu petechiae in addition to intense visceral congestion. It is clear that forensic experts must be aware of the proliferation of this market and the risks of improper selling of these substances through suicide support networks available on the internet. The lack of knowledge of this reality may become unidentifiable, when toxicological analysis contemplates only the most classical and frequent substances involved in poisoning and reinforce the importance of a careful analysis of the death scene.pt_PT
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionpt_PT
dc.identifier.citationJ Forensic Leg Med . 2020 Jul;73:101989.pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.jflm.2020.101989pt_PT
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/34138
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.subjectSuícidiopt_PT
dc.subjectNitrito de Sódiopt_PT
dc.subjectMedicina Legalpt_PT
dc.subjectSuicidept_PT
dc.subjectSodium Nitritept_PT
dc.subjectForensic Medicinept_PT
dc.titleA fatal case by a suicide kit containing sodium nitrite ordered on the internetpt_PT
dc.typejournal article
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.startPage101989pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleJournal of forensic and legal medicinept_PT
oaire.citation.volume73pt_PT
rcaap.rightsopenAccesspt_PT
rcaap.typearticlept_PT

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