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Evidence of hexavalent chromium ingestion
Hiroshi Kinoshita1, Kiyoshi Ameno, Yawara Sumi
1Department of Legal Medicine, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Hyogo 663-8501, Japan. kinochin@hyo-med.ac.jp
Journal of Forensic Sciences
|May 24, 2003
Abstract:
We describe the application of histochemical demonstration of chromium in a case of fatal ingestion of potassium dichromate in a suicide attempt. Using 2-(8-quinolylazo)-4,5-di-p-tolylimidazole (QTI), we could demonstrate chromium in the erythrocyte of the victim, in situ. This finding provides a means of proving the hexavalent chromium ingestion.