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The study comprises an eleven-year autopsy material of 141 cases from the Institute of Forensic Medicine, Oslo.
The fatal level of carboxyhemoglobin concentration is calculate from cases of pure carbon monoxide poisoming. Carboxyhemoglobin concentrations below this level are found in approximately thirty percent of the fire victims. Alcohol intoxication, present in many fire victims, is not related to low corboxyhemoglobin concentrations.
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Untersucht wurden 141 Fälle während einer 11-jährigen Zeitspanne am Instit. f. gerichtl. Med., Oslo. Die tödliche CO-Hb Konzentration wurde von Fällen seiner CO-Vergiftung abgeleitet. CO-Hb Konzentrationen unter diesem Wert wurden in ungefähr 30 % von Brandleichen gefunden. Alkoholisierung scheint keinen Einfluß auf die niedrigere CO-Hb Konzentration zu haben.
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Presented at The Sixth Scandinavian Meeting in Forensic Medicine, Helsinki, June 16–19, 1976
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Teige, B., Lundevall, J. & Fleischer, E. Carboxyhemoglobin concentrations in fire victims and in cases of fatal carbon monoxide poisoning. Z Rechtsmed 80, 17–21 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02332342
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02332342