Fatal myocardial damage due to zinc phosphide intentional ingestion
We present a case of fatal myocardial damage caused by zinc phosphide ingestion. It is a highly toxic poison that causes life-threatening complications (cardiac and respiratory acute failure above all) by its active metabolite phosphine. Phosphine toxicity’s case reports from Europe (and Italy), Uni...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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PAGEPress Publications
2014-07-01
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| Series: | Emergency Care Journal |
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| Online Access: | http://www.pagepressjournals.org/index.php/ecj/article/view/2110 |