Analysis of Blood Toluene and Butane in Death Cases of Inhalant Abusers
Analytical Science and Technology / Analytical Science and Technology, (P)1225-0163; (E)2288-8985
1999, v.12 no.6, pp.577-582
Kim, Nam-Yee
Yang, Young-Geun
Chung, Hee-Sun
Park, Sung-Woo
Kim,
N., Yang,
Y., Chung,
H., &
Park,
S.
(1999). Analysis of Blood Toluene and Butane in Death Cases of Inhalant Abusers. , 12(6), 577-582.
Abstract
The blood toluene concentration was determined by using the GC/MSD with HS-SPME technique in postmortem blood, quantitatively. Butane gases was analyzed by using the GC/FID with HS technique in postmortem blood, qualitatively. Seventy five cases of dead associated with inhalation of glue or butane gases happened in Korea for the last 3 years (1996-1998). In 27 cases of deah due to glue sniffing, nine persons died as a result of a fall while intoxication and their blood tolucne concentration was fairly high in the range of $1.3{\sim}21.6{\mu}g/mL$. In case of death due to butane sniffing, fifty four persons died of acute butane gases inhalation or suffocation, and 6 persons died of butane gases as well as glue inhalation.
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inhalants,
toluene,
butane,
HS-SPME