Is old stuff back? A fatal case of ethyl chloride sniffing

Abstract Background Ethyl chloride (EC) or chloroethane is a colourless halogenated hydrocarbon gas regularly employed as a topical anaesthetic spray for pain-related injuries and muscle spasm in athletes. However, EC became also popular as a street drug in the 1980s. Brief inhalations of EC vapour...

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Main Authors: Jennifer P. Pascali, Paolo Fais, Guido Viel, Giovanni Cecchetto, Massimo Montisci
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2019-06-01
Series:Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41935-019-0136-4