Citation

Chadly A, Marc B, Barres D, Durigon M. Am. J. Forensic Med. Pathol. 1989; 10(4): 330-331.

Affiliation

Department of Anatomy and Pathologic Cytology, Legal Medicine, Raymond Poincaré Hospital, Garches, France.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1989, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2589295

Abstract

Fatal nitrous oxide poisoning usually occurs accidentally during the administration of general anesthesia. It seldom occurs during autoerotic behavior or in acute drug abuse. We report an unusual case of a health professional who committed suicide by inhaling nitrous oxide.

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