Abstract

Aluminum phosphide is a fumigant used to kill insects or other animals in stored grains. We report a suicidal case using aluminum phosphide and phosphine gas was detected in the post-mortem specimen. Headspace gas chromatographic method with mass detector(HS-GS/MS) was used to detect phosphine from the gastric contents and the scene evidence.

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