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1819869 
Journal Article 
A suicide using a homemade carbon monoxide "death machine" 
Prahlow, JA; Doyle, BW 
2005 
Yes 
American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology
ISSN: 0195-7910
EISSN: 1533-404X 
26 
2 
177-180 
English 
15894855 
Deaths related to carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning are common. Most represent accidents and suicides, and most result from CO production via the incomplete combustion of carbon-containing substances. Suicide via CO toxicity is not uncommon and typically involves the use of motor-vehicle exhaust as a source of CO. Presented herein is a case of suicidal CO poisoning in which the CO was produced via a chemical reaction between formic acid and sulfuric acid within a homemade device.