%0 Journal Article
%T Suicidal asphyxiation by using pure helium gas: case report, review, and discussion of the influence of the Internet
%J American journal of forensic medicine and pathology
%D 2003
%A Gallagher, Kathryn E.
%A Smith, David M.
%A Mellen, P. F.
%V 24
%N 4
%P 361-363
%X Suffocation by inhaled gases has been reported  involving a variety of gases. We report a case of suicidal asphyxiation by  forced replacement of oxygen with helium by using a complex homemade mask. In  this case, a young woman researched suicide on the Internet and found an  advocated method of suicide using helium. To our knowledge, there is only 1  previously reported case of suicidal asphyxia by using helium.
%G 
%I Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
%@ 0195-7910
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.paf.0000097856.31249.ac