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Sudden Death Resulting from Inhalation of Fire Extinguishers Containing Bromochlorodifluoromethane

Published:1985-10 Issue:4 Volume:25 Page:258-262
ISSN:0025-8024
Container-title:Medicine, Science and the Law
language:en
Short-container-title:Med Sci Law

Author:

Smeeton W. M. I.¹,Clark M. S.²

Affiliation:

1. Senior Lecturer, Department of Pathology, University of Auckland School of Medicine, Auckland, New Zealand

2. Pathologist. Nelson Hospital, Nelson, New Zealand

Abstract

Solvent abuse or glue-sniffing has become an increasing problem in the young and a wide variety of substances have been involved. Bromochlorodifluoromethane (BCF) is a vapourizing liquid fire-extinguishing agent, particularly effective against burning liquids or electrical fires. We report five sudden deaths resulting from the deliberate inhalation for euphoric effect of the contents of BCF-type fire extinguishers.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Law,Health Policy,Issues, ethics and legal aspects

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/002580248502500405

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