Fluorocarbon toxicity: aerosol deaths and anaesthetic reactions

Carlton, R.F.

Annals of Clinical and Laboratory Science 6(5): 411-414

1976


ISSN/ISBN: 0091-7370
PMID: 970926
Document Number: 96398
Twelve cases of death due to fluorocarbon inhalation were seen in a 4 yr period 1971-1975. The source of the material was commercial spray cans. The postmortem examinations are nonspecific, but a history of excitement or sudden death is often elicited. Confirmation of the cause of death was made by demonstration of a halogenated hydrocarbon in the blood by gas chromatography.

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