Saito T, Kojimahara M, Aoki K, Takeichi S
Department of Forensic Medicine, Tokai University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan.
J Forensic Sci. 1994 Jan;39(1):266-70.
A fatality due to the ingestion of photographic developer solution containing hydroquinone is described. Hydroquinone was extracted from autopsy materials and identified using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). The concentration of hydroquinone in the urine, liver, and kidney were 3.4 micrograms/mL, 0.5 and 0.2 microgram/g, respectively.
