Acta Med. 2009, 52: 125-127

https://doi.org/10.14712/18059694.2016.117

Fatal Methanol Ingestion in a Child: Case Report

Nursel Türkmena, Bülent Erenb, Gürsel Cetinc

aUludag University Medical Faculty, Forensic Medicine Department, Council of Forensic Medicine of Turkey Bursa Morgue Department, Bursa, Turkey
bCouncil of Forensic Medicine of Turkey Bursa Morgue Department, Bursa, Turkey
cIstanbul University Medical Faculty, Forensic Medicine Department, Council of Forensic Medicine of Turkey, Istanbul Morgue Department, Instanbul, Turkey

Received February 2, 2009
Accepted August 25, 2009

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