Carboxyhemoglobin Blood Concentrations in Suicides by Fire

Medicine, Science and the Law

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 313-316

  Betz, P ^a   Roider, G ^a   V Meyer, L ^a   Drasch, G ^a   Eisenmenger, W ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN; GASOLINE;

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BURN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FIRE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOOT; SUICIDE;

EID: 0029849035     PISSN: 00258024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002580249603600407     Document Type: Article

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