How much nicotine kills a human? Tracing back the generally accepted lethal dose to dubious self-experiments in the nineteenth century

Arch Toxicol. 2014 Jan;88(1):5-7. doi: 10.1007/s00204-013-1127-0. Epub 2013 Oct 4.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Editorial
  • Historical Article
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Administration, Oral
  • Autoexperimentation / history*
  • History, 19th Century
  • Humans
  • Lethal Dose 50
  • Nicotine / administration & dosage*
  • Nicotine / pharmacokinetics
  • Nicotine / toxicity
  • Smoking

Substances

  • Nicotine