Clinical and morphological aspects of death due to liquid nitrogen

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 191-195

  Kernbach Wighton, G ^a   Kijewski, H ^a   Schwanke, P ^b   Saur, P ^a   Sprung, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b Police Inspection of Göttingen 1st Special Commissariat ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Asphyxia; Cold; Frostbite; Liquid nitrogen; Mechanism of death; Pathomorphological findings

Indexed keywords

LIQUID NITROGEN;

ACCIDENT; ACCIDENTAL HYPOTHERMIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; COLD INJURY; GAS ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION;

EID: 0031833562     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004140050148     Document Type: Article

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