Acute Cyanide Poisoning from Jewelry Cleaning Solutions
Cyanide is one of the most lethal and devastating poisons. It causes acute toxicity through smoke inhalation simultaneously with carbon monoxide, or by ingestion of cyanide salts that are commonly used in metallurgy and in jewelry or textile industries. Cyanide intoxication is an extremely rare even...
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Naif University Publishing House
2015-05-01
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| author | Ines Bel Waer Wafa Masri Nedia Chaouali Fathia Khlifi Ines Gana Anouar Nouioui Dorra Ben Salah Dorra Amira Hayet Ghorbel Abderrazzek Hedhili |
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| description | Cyanide is one of the most lethal and devastating poisons. It causes acute toxicity through smoke inhalation simultaneously with carbon monoxide, or by ingestion of cyanide salts that are commonly used in metallurgy and in jewelry or textile industries. Cyanide intoxication is an extremely rare event; in the present study, we report a case of cyanide poisoning involving a 25-year-old jeweler, who ingested a jewelry cleaning solution containing potassium cyanide in a suicide attempt. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ace4de31f378474dabedc9edbb466bdf2024-03-12T12:28:14ZaraNaif University Publishing HouseArab Journal of Forensic Sciences & Forensic Medicine1658-67861658-67942015-05-011110.12816/00112582Acute Cyanide Poisoning from Jewelry Cleaning SolutionsInes Bel WaerWafa MasriNedia ChaoualiFathia KhlifiInes GanaAnouar NouiouiDorra Ben SalahDorra AmiraHayet GhorbelAbderrazzek HedhiliCyanide is one of the most lethal and devastating poisons. It causes acute toxicity through smoke inhalation simultaneously with carbon monoxide, or by ingestion of cyanide salts that are commonly used in metallurgy and in jewelry or textile industries. Cyanide intoxication is an extremely rare event; in the present study, we report a case of cyanide poisoning involving a 25-year-old jeweler, who ingested a jewelry cleaning solution containing potassium cyanide in a suicide attempt.https://journals.nauss.edu.sa/index.php/AJFSFM/article/view/92cyanidepoisoningjewelry cleaning solutionsuicide |
| spellingShingle | Ines Bel Waer Wafa Masri Nedia Chaouali Fathia Khlifi Ines Gana Anouar Nouioui Dorra Ben Salah Dorra Amira Hayet Ghorbel Abderrazzek Hedhili Acute Cyanide Poisoning from Jewelry Cleaning Solutions Arab Journal of Forensic Sciences & Forensic Medicine cyanide poisoning jewelry cleaning solution suicide |
| title | Acute Cyanide Poisoning from Jewelry Cleaning Solutions |
| title_full | Acute Cyanide Poisoning from Jewelry Cleaning Solutions |
| title_fullStr | Acute Cyanide Poisoning from Jewelry Cleaning Solutions |
| title_full_unstemmed | Acute Cyanide Poisoning from Jewelry Cleaning Solutions |
| title_short | Acute Cyanide Poisoning from Jewelry Cleaning Solutions |
| title_sort | acute cyanide poisoning from jewelry cleaning solutions |
| topic | cyanide poisoning jewelry cleaning solution suicide |
| url | https://journals.nauss.edu.sa/index.php/AJFSFM/article/view/92 |
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