Suicide by Pesticide (Phorate) Ingestion: Case Report and Review of Literature
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Case Report
3. Materials and Methods
Toxicological Analysis
4. Results and Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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WHO Class | LD50 for the Rat (mg/kg Body Weight) | ||
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Oral | Dermal | ||
Ia | Extremely hazardous | <5 | <50 |
Ib | Highly hazardous | 5–50 | 50–200 |
II | Moderately hazardous | 50–2000 | 200–2000 |
III | Slightly hazardous | Over 2000 | Over 2000 |
U | Unlikely to present acute hazard | 5000 or higher |
Samples | Phorate (mg/L) |
---|---|
Blood | 0.18 |
Urine | 0.01 |
Bile | 1.12 |
Stomach contents | 11.52 |
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Simonelli, A.; Carfora, A.; Basilicata, P.; Liguori, B.; Mascolo, P.; Policino, F.; Niola, M.; Campobasso, C.P. Suicide by Pesticide (Phorate) Ingestion: Case Report and Review of Literature. Toxics 2022, 10, 205. https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics10050205
Simonelli A, Carfora A, Basilicata P, Liguori B, Mascolo P, Policino F, Niola M, Campobasso CP. Suicide by Pesticide (Phorate) Ingestion: Case Report and Review of Literature. Toxics. 2022; 10(5):205. https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics10050205
Chicago/Turabian StyleSimonelli, Angela, Anna Carfora, Pascale Basilicata, Bruno Liguori, Pasquale Mascolo, Fabio Policino, Massimo Niola, and Carlo Pietro Campobasso. 2022. "Suicide by Pesticide (Phorate) Ingestion: Case Report and Review of Literature" Toxics 10, no. 5: 205. https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics10050205