Suicide by Homemade Hydrogen Sulfide in Turkey a Case Report
Suicide is a major public health problem and globally the second leading cause of death among young adults. Most of deaths due to H2S were seen among sewage or industrial workers because of acute exposure to this gas. Suicide by inhalation of homemade H2S has been reported for the first time in Japa...
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| author | Uğur Koçak Ahmet Hamdi Alpaslan Murat Yağan Erdal Özer |
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| description | Suicide is a major public health problem and globally the second leading cause of death among young adults. Most of deaths due to H2S were seen among sewage or industrial workers because of acute exposure to this gas. Suicide by inhalation of homemade H2S has been reported for the first time in Japan, in 2007. In this study, for the first time, a 24-years-old male university student (from Turkey) preparing homemade H2S by using commercially available chemical products that were bought online in order to suicide was reported. The case is discussed in the light of related literature. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a995fa62f9fd4497b5daa7528a00ab8a2023-02-15T16:13:25ZengAdli Tıp Uzmanları DerneğiAdli Tıp Bülteni1300-865X2149-45332016-12-01213Suicide by Homemade Hydrogen Sulfide in Turkey a Case ReportUğur Koçak0Ahmet Hamdi Alpaslan1Murat Yağan2Erdal Özer3Kocatepe University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Forensic Medicine, AfyonkarahisarAfyon Kocatepe University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Child and Adolescent PsychiatryAfyonkarahisar Branch of The Council of Forensic MedicineKaradeniz Technical University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Forensic MedicineSuicide is a major public health problem and globally the second leading cause of death among young adults. Most of deaths due to H2S were seen among sewage or industrial workers because of acute exposure to this gas. Suicide by inhalation of homemade H2S has been reported for the first time in Japan, in 2007. In this study, for the first time, a 24-years-old male university student (from Turkey) preparing homemade H2S by using commercially available chemical products that were bought online in order to suicide was reported. The case is discussed in the light of related literature.https://www.adlitipbulteni.com/atb/article/view/919hydrogen sulfidethiosulfatesuicideknockdownasphyxiaautopsy |
| spellingShingle | Uğur Koçak Ahmet Hamdi Alpaslan Murat Yağan Erdal Özer Suicide by Homemade Hydrogen Sulfide in Turkey a Case Report Adli Tıp Bülteni hydrogen sulfide thiosulfate suicide knockdown asphyxia autopsy |
| title | Suicide by Homemade Hydrogen Sulfide in Turkey a Case Report |
| title_full | Suicide by Homemade Hydrogen Sulfide in Turkey a Case Report |
| title_fullStr | Suicide by Homemade Hydrogen Sulfide in Turkey a Case Report |
| title_full_unstemmed | Suicide by Homemade Hydrogen Sulfide in Turkey a Case Report |
| title_short | Suicide by Homemade Hydrogen Sulfide in Turkey a Case Report |
| title_sort | suicide by homemade hydrogen sulfide in turkey a case report |
| topic | hydrogen sulfide thiosulfate suicide knockdown asphyxia autopsy |
| url | https://www.adlitipbulteni.com/atb/article/view/919 |
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