TY - JOUR PY - 1998// TI - Case study: fatal poisoning by malathion JO - Forensic science international A1 - Thompson, T. S. A1 - Treble, R. G. A1 - Magliocco, A. A1 - Roettger, J. R. A1 - Eichhorst, J. C. SP - 89 EP - 98 VL - 95 IS - 2 N2 - A case involving a fatal poisoning (suicide) by the insecticide malathion is described. The intact insecticide was found in the post-mortem blood and gastric contents at concentrations of 1.8 and 978 micrograms/ml, respectively. None of the insecticide was found in the autopsied liver tissue. Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) techniques were used for the identification and quantification of malathion in the body fluids.

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