Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4760648 | Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine | 2017 | 20 Pages |
Abstract
The aim of this review is to focus on the diagnostic difficulties facing coroners and forensic pathologists when the courts require confirmation that evidence of self-injection of metallic mercury is the result of suicide or self-harming. Forensic examination performed on the corpses of victims who died in or out of hospital or on surviving injured or intoxicated victims showing signs of mercurialism, demands the careful evaluation of the death scene, of all related circumstances and of the clinical and autopsy data. Close interaction between forensic pathologists and toxicologists is also needed to identify and quantify mercury levels in blood, urine and tissue.
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Authors
Ugo Da Broi, Carlo Moreschi, Antonio Colatutto, Barbara Marcon, Silvia Zago,