PMID- 6619779
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19831123
LR  - 20151119
IS  - 0022-1198 (Print)
IS  - 0022-1198 (Linking)
VI  - 28
IP  - 3
DP  - 1983 Jul
TI  - Death and injury caused by methyl bromide, an insecticide fumigant.
PG  - 601-7
AB  - Methyl bromide (MeBr) is used as an insecticide fumigant. Four deaths and three 
      recent hospitalizations have resulted from exposures to MeBr in Dade County, FL. 
      Six cases occurred during burglaries of tented houses over a nine-month period. 
      In four lethal exposures, the symptoms of nausea, vomiting, and malaise preceded 
      fulminant respiratory failure. Two of these also had seizures, delirium, and 
      agitation. Serum or plasma bromide ion levels ranged from 40 to 583 mg/L. 
      Pulmonary edema, hyaline membranes, and hemorrhagic alveolitis were present at 
      autopsy along with varying degrees of cerebral edema. The nonlethal exposures 
      resulted in symptoms of conjunctival irritation, headache, or nausea. Plasma 
      bromide concentrations varied between 17.5 and 321 mg/L. Methyl bromide 
      characteristics, use, morbidity, and mortality in Florida during the past 25 
      years are reviewed. Remedies for illegal entry are proposed.
FAU - Marraccini, J V
AU  - Marraccini JV
FAU - Thomas, G E
AU  - Thomas GE
FAU - Ongley, J P
AU  - Ongley JP
FAU - Pfaffenberger, C D
AU  - Pfaffenberger CD
FAU - Davis, J H
AU  - Davis JH
FAU - Bednarczyk, L R
AU  - Bednarczyk LR
LA  - eng
PT  - Case Reports
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - J Forensic Sci
JT  - Journal of forensic sciences
JID - 0375370
RN  - 0 (Hydrocarbons, Brominated)
RN  - 0 (Insecticides)
RN  - 9V42E1Z7B6 (methyl bromide)
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Crime
MH  - Female
MH  - Florida
MH  - Forensic Medicine
MH  - Fumigation
MH  - Humans
MH  - Hydrocarbons, Brominated/*poisoning
MH  - Insecticides/poisoning
MH  - Male
MH  - Time Factors
EDAT- 1983/07/01 00:00
MHDA- 1983/07/01 00:01
CRDT- 1983/07/01 00:00
PHST- 1983/07/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1983/07/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1983/07/01 00:00 [entrez]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Forensic Sci. 1983 Jul;28(3):601-7.