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THE DYNAMIC OF LETHAL POISONING WITH METHANOL IN FIFTEEN CITIES IN ROMANIA BETWEEN 2005 AND 2010


DOINA MOALES 1, MARIA PRISECARU 2, ELENA BUTNARU 1
1. University of Medicine and Pharmacy Gr. T Popa Iasi, The Faculty of Pharmacy; County Department of Forensic Medicine Bacaue e-mail: moldoina@yahoo.com
2. University „Vasile Alecsandri” of Bacau, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Ecology and Environment Protection, Marasesti Street, no. 157, Romania e-mail: prisecaru_maria@yahoo.com;

Issue:

SCSB, Number 2, Volume XXI

Section:

Volume 21, No.2 - Animal Biology

Abstract:

The statistical study regarding the lethal

poisonings with methanol was done after

consulting the data from the Department of

Forensics of fifteen counties in Romania.

The data include: the number of violent

deaths as a result of methanol poisoning, age, sex,

the origin of the deceased person.

After analyzing the data, it was found that

in Galati, Botosani, Vaslui, Mehedinti and

Bistrita Nasaud there was no lethal poisoning

with methanol; out of the 10 counties that showed

lethal poisoning, in which there were 66 cases,

Bacau was the city with the most cases, 21, and

the least cases were in Suceava, 1 case.

According to sex, the most cases occurred in men,

53 men and 13 women.

According to origin, there were 48 cases in

the rural area as opposed to 18 urban cases.

According to age, between 41 and 50 years there

were 19 cases, followed by 16 cases between 51

and 60 years, the lowest number was registered

between 61 and 70 years with 3 cases. The total

number of cases for each analyzed year,

highlights the year 2006 with 22 cases, with a

fluctuating evolution.

Keywords:

methanol, lethal poisoning, statistics.

Code [ID]:

SCSB20122102V21S01A0010 [0003767]


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