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Quantitation of postmortem profenofos levels
H Seno1, H Hattori, T Kumazawa
1Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Japan. sn0220@akiha.hama-med.ac.jp
Journal of Toxicology. Clinical Toxicology
|April 16, 1998
Abstract
Case Report:
An 88-year-old woman was found dead, and suicidal ingestion of profenofos, an organophosphate pesticide, was suspected.
Method:
Gas chromatography-nitrogen phosphorus detection was employed for quantitation of profenofos after its identification by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry.
Results:
The levels of profenofos in whole blood, urine, and gastric contents were 1200 ng, 350 ng, and 3.35 mg/mL, respectively.