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Death following crude oil aspiration
M A Rodriguez1, M C Martinez, D Martinez-Ruiz
1Histopathological Department, Instituto Nacional de Toxicologia, Seville, Spain.
Journal of Forensic Sciences
|July 1, 1991
Abstract:
This is a report on three deaths following oil aspiration by workers in petrol tankers. Lung aspiration was demonstrated by the presence of a yellowish-brown material in the alveolar spaces, which was difficult to identify by optic microscopy. Volatile hydrocarbons from petroleum were identified in lung samples by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry.