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Atropine Eye Drops: An Unusual Homicidal Poisoning

Overview of attention for article published in Journal of Forensic Sciences (Blackwell Publishing Limited), February 2014
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Title
Atropine Eye Drops: An Unusual Homicidal Poisoning
Published in
Journal of Forensic Sciences (Blackwell Publishing Limited), February 2014
DOI 10.1111/1556-4029.12412
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Authors

Jérémy Carlier, Emmanuel Escard, Michel Péoc'h, Baptiste Boyer, Ludovic Romeuf, Thierry Faict, Jérôme Guitton, Yvan Gaillard

Abstract

In March 2009, the body of a 51-year-old man was found in the boot of his car. The body had been frozen before being dismembered at the abdomen. The autopsy failed to determine the cause of death. Systematic toxicological analyses of the victim's peripheral blood and urine showed the presence of atropine, a powerful anticholinergic. Atropine was therefore specifically detected and quantified throughout the victim's biologic samples by HPLC-MS² in the biologic fluids and UHPLC-MS² in the hair. The atropine concentrations were 887 ng/mL in the cardiac blood, 489 ng/mL in the peripheral blood, 6693 ng/mL in the gastric contents (1.1 μg), 6753 ng/mL in the urine, and 2290 pg/mg in the hair. The blood concentrations measured in the decedent were consistent with an overdose of atropine, which was determined as the cause of death. The manner of death was a homicide with criminal intent.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United Kingdom 1 2%
Portugal 1 2%
France 1 2%
Unknown 38 93%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 6 15%
Other 5 12%
Student > Ph. D. Student 5 12%
Student > Master 5 12%
Student > Doctoral Student 3 7%
Other 7 17%
Unknown 10 24%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 14 34%
Chemistry 5 12%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 3 7%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 3 7%
Business, Management and Accounting 1 2%
Other 4 10%
Unknown 11 27%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 8. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 01 November 2014.
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#4,659,519
of 25,373,627 outputs
Outputs from Journal of Forensic Sciences (Blackwell Publishing Limited)
#539
of 3,633 outputs
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#52,430
of 322,480 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Journal of Forensic Sciences (Blackwell Publishing Limited)
#12
of 38 outputs
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