TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2014//
TI  - Helium detection in the lungs in case of suicide by helium inhalation-Case report and literature review
JO  - Romanian journal of legal medicine
A1  - Wiergowski, Marek
A1  - Gos, Tomasz
A1  - Sumińska-Ziemann, Barbara
A1  - Kaliszan, Michal
A1  - Jankowski, Zbigniew
SP  - 153
EP  - 156
VL  - 22
IS  - 3
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1221-8618
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.4323/rjlm.2014.153
ID  - ref1
ER  -