Determination of As by instrumental neutron activation analysis in sectioned hair samples for forensic purposes: chronic or acute poisoning?

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Kučera, Jan - Kofronova, K.
Determination of As by instrumental neutron activation analysis in sectioned hair samples for forensic purposes: chronic or acute poisoning?
Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry. Roč. 287, č. 3 (2011), s. 769-772. ISSN 0236-5731. E-ISSN 1588-2780
Výzkumný záměr: CEZ:AV0Z10480505
Klíčová slova: Instrumental neutron activation analysis * Hair * Arsenic poisoning
Kód oboru RIV: BG - Jaderná, atomová a mol. fyzika, urychlovače
Impakt faktor: 1.520, rok: 2011

Autopsy of 29-year old woman suspicious of committing suicide by the ingestion of As(2)O(3) yielded contradictory findings. All pathological findings as well as clinical symptoms suggested acute poisoning, while a highly elevated As level of 26.4 mu g g(-1) in her hair collected at the autopsy, which was determined with inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry indicated chronic poisoning. To elucidate this discrepancy, instrumental neutron activation analysis (INAA) with proven accuracy was performed of another set of sectioned hair samples.
Trvalý link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0006616