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Author: Levine, B.
Title: Toxicology Primer for Fire Investigators: Tissues With Greatest Demand for Oxygen Also Most Susceptible to the Toxic Effects of CO.
Journal: Fire Findings, Vol. 13, No. 2, 1-3, Spring 2005
Keywords: toxicology | carbon monoxide | cyanide | toxic effects | toxic gases | fire fatalities | human beings | inhalation | oxygen | exposure | death | fire investigators | fire investigations
Identifiers: decedents with fatal CO levels appear cherry-red; several factors complicate interpreting COHb values