A case of drowning linked to ingested sulfides - A report with animal experiments

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 42-44

  Imamura, T ^a   Kage, S ^b   Kudo, K ^a   Jitsufuchi, N ^a   Nagata, T ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Forensic Science Laboratory   (Japan)

Author keywords

Distribution; Drowning; Human tissue; Sulfides; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

SULFIDE;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; DEATH; DROWNING; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEWAGE;

EID: 0029806909     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01369601     Document Type: Article

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