Seminars in Diagnostic Pathology
Volume 26, Issue 1 , Pages 61-67, February 2009

Death by Polonium-210: lessons learned from the murder of former Soviet spy Alexander Litvinenko

  • Robin B. McFee, DO, MPH, FACPM

      Affiliations

    • Long Island Regional Poison Information Center, Winthrop University Hospital, Mineola, New York
    • ,
  • Jerrold B. Leikin, MD, FACEP, FAACT, FACP, FACOEM, FACMT

      Affiliations

    • Department of Toxicology, Northshore University HealthSystem-OMEGA, Glenbrook Hospital, Glenview, Illinois
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests and correspondence: Jerrold B. Leikin, MD, FACEP, FAACT, FACP, FACOEM, FACMT, Department of Toxicology, Northshore University HealthSystem-OMEGA, Glenbrook Hospital, 2150 Pfingsten Road, Suite 3000, Glenview, IL 60025

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 This article was adapted with permission from: McFee RB, Leikin JB: Death by polonium-210: lessons learned from the murder of former Soviet spy Alexander Litvinenko. JEMS 33:18-23, 2008.

PII: S0740-2570(08)00114-7

doi:10.1053/j.semdp.2008.12.003

Seminars in Diagnostic Pathology
Volume 26, Issue 1 , Pages 61-67, February 2009

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