Homicidal arsenic poisoning. (July 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Duncan, Andrew; Taylor, Andrew; Leese, Elizabeth; Allen, Sam; Morton, Jackie; McAdam, Julie
• Is Part Of: Annals of clinical biochemistry. Volume 52:Number 4(2015:Jul.)
• Page Start: 510
• Page End: 515
• Publication Date: 2015-07
• Subjects: Toxicology -- arsenic -- homicide; Clinical chemistry -- Periodicals; Clinical biochemistry -- Periodicals; 616.075
• DOI: 10.1177/0004563214559222
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0004-5632

Abstract

The case of a 50-year-old man who died mysteriously after being admitted to hospital is reported. He had raised the possibility of being poisoned prior to his death. A Coroner's post-mortem did not reveal the cause of death but this was subsequently established by post-mortem trace element analysis of liver, urine, blood and hair all of which revealed very high arsenic concentrations.