Deaths due to foreign body aspiration in children: The continuing hazard of toy balloons

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 247-251

  Lifschultz, Barry D ^a,b   Donoghue, Edmund R ^a,c  

^a Department of Pathology   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

accidental death; asphyxia; aspiration; balloons; children; choking; death; foreign objects; forensic science; pathology and biology

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL DEATH; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BALLOON; BRONCHUS FOREIGN BODY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOOD; HOME ACCIDENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0029917521     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs15422j     Document Type: Article

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