Carboxyhemoglobin levels in a series of automobile fires: Death due to crash or fire?

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 117-123

  Wirthwein, Darren P ^a   Pless, John E ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Automobile; Carbon monoxide; Carboxyhemoglobin; Fire; Trauma

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLUNT TRAUMA; BURN; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXPLOSION; FATALITY; FEMALE; FIRE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARBON MONOXIDE; CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; FIRES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0029872561     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000433-199606000-00007     Document Type: Article

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