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Published in: Critical Care 2/2008

01-04-2008 | Poster presentation

Suicidal intoxication by the black stone in Tunisia

Authors: I El Amri, K Garrab, Y Youssef, S Slaheddine

Published in: Critical Care | Special Issue 2/2008

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Paraphenylenediamine (PPD) is frequently used by women in certain countries such as Tunisia, Morocco, India, Pakistan and Sudan to dye their hair black. Knowledge of its systemic toxicity led to use for a purpose of autolysis, but global studies including a medico-legal and toxicological investigation remain very rare. In Tunisia the sporadic cases of suicide by the ingestion of this substance were recorded in the regions of the south and the center. …
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Metadata
Title
Suicidal intoxication by the black stone in Tunisia
Authors
I El Amri
K Garrab
Y Youssef
S Slaheddine
Publication date
01-04-2008
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Critical Care / Issue Special Issue 2/2008
Electronic ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/cc6579

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