Sudden death due to intravenous infusion of hair conditioner

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 252-254

  Knight, D M ^a   James, R A ^a   Sims, D N ^a   Bourne, A J ^a   Martin, J ^a   Byard, R W ^a  

^a FORENSIC SCIENCE SA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Foreign body embolus; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

COSMETIC;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFUSION; RESUSCITATION; SUDDEN DEATH; SUICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DEATH, SUDDEN; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODIES; HAIR PREPARATIONS; HUMANS; INFUSION PUMPS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LUNG; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; SUICIDE;

EID: 0031751414     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000433-199809000-00010     Document Type: Article

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