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Case Reports
. 1989 Apr-May;41(1-2):55-9.
doi: 10.1016/0379-0738(89)90235-1.

Disposition of fluoride in a fatal case of unsuspected sodium fluoride poisoning

A Poklis  1 , M A Mackell
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Disposition of fluoride in a fatal case of unsuspected sodium fluoride poisoning

A Poklis et al. Forensic Sci Int. 1989 Apr-May.

Abstract

A case of suicidal ingestion of sodium fluoride roach powder by a 33-year-old black woman is presented. Disposition of fluoride (mg/l or mg/kg) was: bile, 3.4; gastric content, 225; kidney, 16; liver, 8.6 and urine, 295. No history of roach powder ingestion was available at autopsy. This case illustrates the need for extensive toxicological screening to determine if fatal poisoning has occurred when histopathological findings are unremarkable.

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