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Philippe Camus, M.D.

Dijon, France

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Ethanol (ethyl alcohol, 'alcohol')

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XI.r Death following exposure or poisoning

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Last update : 11/03/2013
 
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Benzodiazepines
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Hand sanitizer (fluid)
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Opiates - Opioids - Opium
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Publications

The association between obesity and lethal blood alcohol concentrations: a nationwide register-based study of medicolegal autopsy cases in Sweden.
Forensic science international 2014 Nov;244;285-8 2014 Nov
Death caused by ingestion of an ethanol-based hand sanitizer.
The Journal of emergency medicine 2013 Sep;45;358-60 2013 Sep
Ethanol as a single toxin in non-traumatic deaths--a toxicology perspective.
Legal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) 2013 May;15;122-5 2013 May

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