Evaluation of the role of toxicological data in discriminating between H2 S femoral blood concentration secondary to lethal poisoning and endogenous H2 S putrefactive production

Highlights • Hydrogen sulfide is a colorless gas and has a strong odor of rotten eggs. • It causes histotoxic hypoxemia and respiratory depression. • We evaluate the role of toxicological data in identifying H2 S lethal poisoning. • We compare the post-mortem H2 S blood concentrations. • The results...

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Veröffentlicht in:Forensic science international 2016
Hauptverfasser: Romano, Guido, Montana, Angelo, Indorato, Francesca, Arbouche, Nadia, Barbera, Nunziata
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Zusammenfassung:Highlights • Hydrogen sulfide is a colorless gas and has a strong odor of rotten eggs. • It causes histotoxic hypoxemia and respiratory depression. • We evaluate the role of toxicological data in identifying H2 S lethal poisoning. • We compare the post-mortem H2 S blood concentrations. • The results underlines the importance of circumstantial evidences.
ISSN:0379-0738
DOI:10.1016/j.forsciint.2016.02.026