@article{ref1,
title="Helium detection in the lungs in case of suicide by helium inhalation-Case report and literature review",
journal="Romanian journal of legal medicine",
year="2014",
author="Wiergowski, Marek and Gos, Tomasz and Sumińska-Ziemann, Barbara and Kaliszan, Michal and Jankowski, Zbigniew",
volume="22",
number="3",
pages="153-156",
abstract="The paper presents a case of suicidal asphyxiation with helium inhaled from a gas cylinder through a tube with its end placed under a plastic bag taped around the deceased young man's head. We attempted to detect helium in the deceased's lungs by means of gas chromatography with a mass spectrometry detector and it confirmed the presence of helium in the lung tissue. A modification of the method of helium isolation from the lung tissue before the chromatographic analysis was suggested. Key Words: helium, asphyxia, suicide, gas chromatography, mass spectrometry.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1221-8618",
doi="10.4323/rjlm.2014.153",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.4323/rjlm.2014.153"
}