Citation

Thompson TS, Vorster SJ. J. Anal. Toxicol. 2000; 24(5): 377-380.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2000, Preston Publications)

DOI

10.1093/jat/24.5.377

PMID

10926363

Abstract

A rare case involving an attempt to commit suicide by ingestion of a commercially available product containing methoxychlor as the active ingredient is presented. Clinical symptoms exhibited by the patient included no response to stimuli, pale skin, and profuse sweating. A serum sample collected at the time of admission to the hospital was found to contain 0.67 microg/mL of methoxychlor. The determination of methoxychlor was performed using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry.

Language: en

Keywords

*Suicide, Attempted; Aged; Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; Humans; Insecticides/blood/*poisoning; Male; Methoxychlor/blood/*poisoning