NURSING EXAM QUESTIONS
TOXICOLOGY
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Question
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What % of homicides are caused by poisoning?
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10%
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5%
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50%
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0.5%
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -This article profiles the following poisons that have been used to perpetrate homicidal poisoning: arsenic, cyanide, thallium, strychnine, aconitine, atropine, and antimony.
Detailed explanation-2: -Characteristic of ideal Homicidal poisoning Easily available, odourless, colourless, tasteless. Fatal dose-small. Fatal period must be long because in homicide the culprit will always want to escape liability. Absence of antidote.
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