Citation

Bodwal J, Chauhan M, Behera C, Jitendra K. Med. Leg. J. 2019; ePub(ePub): 25817219853455.

Affiliation

Shree Guru Gobind Singh Tricentenary University, Haryana, India.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Medico-Legal Society, Publisher SAGE Publications)

DOI

10.1177/0025817219853455

PMID

31354037

Abstract

Organophosphate poisoning is a continued menace associated with high morbidity and mortality in both resource-crunched developing and developed countries. Cases have been described of deliberate self-poisoning which has higher mortality than accidental exposure. Fatal poisoning by accidental dermal absorption is rarely reported for monocrotophos. Authors detail fatal accidental monocrotophos poisoning in adult female by dermal exposure while sleeping. Pesticide was detected in post-mortem blood and skin by chromatography and spectroscopy. Extraction along with review of literature for monocrotophos poisoning is adjuncted in this study.

Language: en

Keywords

Poisoning; dermal toxicity; monocrotophos; organophosphates; pesticide detection