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ArticleForensic science, medicine, and pathology2025

A forensic autopsy case of suicide using baking soda and citric acid in a bathtub.

Masahiko Yatsushiro, Takuma Nakamae, Midori Katsuyama, Machiko Miyamoto, Takahito Hayashi

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Article in Forensic science, medicine, and pathology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Masahiko YatsushiroDepartment of Legal Medicine, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima University, 8-35-1 Sakuragaoka, Kagoshima, 890-8544, Japan.
Takuma NakamaeDepartment of Legal Medicine, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima University, 8-35-1 Sakuragaoka, Kagoshima, 890-8544, Japan.
Midori KatsuyamaDepartment of Legal Medicine, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima University, 8-35-1 Sakuragaoka, Kagoshima, 890-8544, Japan.
Machiko MiyamotoDepartment of Legal Medicine, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima University, 8-35-1 Sakuragaoka, Kagoshima, 890-8544, Japan.
Takahito HayashiDepartment of Legal Medicine, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima University, 8-35-1 Sakuragaoka, Kagoshima, 890-8544, Japan. takahito@m2.kufm.kagoshima-u.ac.jp.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3390-5135

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A mixture of baking soda (sodium hydrogen carbonate) and citric acid is used for cleaning purposes, but, in recent years, this mixture has been introduced on the internet as a method for suicide. Here, we report a case in which the two agents were mixed in a bathtub to generate carbon dioxide (CO

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Citric AcidSodium BicarbonateSuicide, CompletedAsphyxiaBathsCarbon DioxideHumansMaleMiddle AgedPulmonary EdemaCarbon DioxideCitric AcidSodium BicarbonateBaking sodaCarbon dioxide intoxicationCitric acidDifferential diagnosisReproduction experimentSuicide

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PMID39643789

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