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Immolation after drinking kerosene |
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| Authors: | H Shiono K Matsubara A Akane S Fukushima S Takahashi |
| Institution: | Department of Legal Medicine, Shimane Medical University, Izumo, Japan. |
| Abstract: | An unusual suicide is described in which analysis of circulating kerosene components at autopsy suggested that the victim had drunk kerosene and then had poured it over his body, ignited it, and burned to death. |
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