A case of drowning whilst swimming after thinner-sniffing.
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A 25-year-old male, a thinner abuser, swam in a pond just after thinner-sniffing and he drowned. Death from drowning was confirmed by diatoms in the lung and kidney. The drowning would seem to be induced by the effect of considerable high concentrations of toluene, absorbed into the body from thinner-sniffing, in tissues of the cadaver.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Hiroshima journal of medical sciences
دوره 31 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1982