Lethal wood pellets: Carbon monoxide poisoning due to inappropriate storage Tödliche Holzpellets: Kohlenstoffmonoxidintoxikation durch unsachgemäße Lagerung
Cortis J, Bender K, Rothschild MA, Kamphausen T (2015)
Publication Type: Journal article
Publication year: 2015
Journal
Book Volume: 25
Pages Range: 101-106
Journal Issue: 2
DOI: 10.1007/s00194-014-0980-3
Abstract
Material and methods: The dangers are exemplified by the case of a 43-year-old man who was found dead in a storage room for wood pellets. The cause of death was CO poisoning due to a blood carboxyhemoglobin concentration of 75 %. The findings were compared with 14 further fatal cases of asphyxia involving wood pellets and wood products published in the literature for the time period 2002-2014. The first scientific investigations on this phenomenon were carried out particularly in the USA, Canada, Sweden and China as large-scale producers of wood pellets and were included in the assessment of the literature.
Involved external institutions
Germany (DE)How to cite
APA:
Cortis, J., Bender, K., Rothschild, M.A., & Kamphausen, T. (2015). Lethal wood pellets: Carbon monoxide poisoning due to inappropriate storage Tödliche Holzpellets: Kohlenstoffmonoxidintoxikation durch unsachgemäße Lagerung. Rechtsmedizin, 25(2), 101-106. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00194-014-0980-3
MLA:
Cortis, J., et al. "Lethal wood pellets: Carbon monoxide poisoning due to inappropriate storage Tödliche Holzpellets: Kohlenstoffmonoxidintoxikation durch unsachgemäße Lagerung." Rechtsmedizin 25.2 (2015): 101-106.
BibTeX: Download