TY - JOUR
T1 - Nitrogen-Plastic Bag Suicide
T2 - A Case Report
AU - Madentzoglou, Maria S
AU - Kastanaki, Anastasia E
AU - Nathena, Despoina
AU - Kranioti, Elena F
AU - Michalodimitrakis, Manolis
PY - 2013/10/17
Y1 - 2013/10/17
N2 - The use of pure nitrogen gas to commit suicide has recently become more popular, although suicides involving nitrogen oxide fumes have been occasionally reported in the past. The cause of death in such cases is attributed to asphyxia due to forced depletion of oxygen, a subcategory of a phenomenon dubbed environmental hypoxia. A case of a 26-year-old man who committed suicide by inhaling nitrogen through a plastic bag is reported. The exact method of suicide used here is one of the many described in detail on the Web.
AB - The use of pure nitrogen gas to commit suicide has recently become more popular, although suicides involving nitrogen oxide fumes have been occasionally reported in the past. The cause of death in such cases is attributed to asphyxia due to forced depletion of oxygen, a subcategory of a phenomenon dubbed environmental hypoxia. A case of a 26-year-old man who committed suicide by inhaling nitrogen through a plastic bag is reported. The exact method of suicide used here is one of the many described in detail on the Web.
U2 - 10.1097/PAF.0000000000000049
DO - 10.1097/PAF.0000000000000049
M3 - Article
C2 - 24141356
SN - 0195-7910
JO - The American journal of forensic medicine and pathology
JF - The American journal of forensic medicine and pathology
ER -