Scanning and transmission electron microscopical evidence of the capacity of diatoms to penetrate the alveolo-capillary barrier in drowning

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 229-237

  Lunetta, P ^a   Penttila A ^a   Hallfors G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Alveolar macrophages; Diatoms; Drowning; Lung; Scanning electron microscopy; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIATOM; DROWNING; LUNG DIFFUSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; BLOOD-AIR BARRIER; DIATOMS; DROWNING; HUMANS; MACROPHAGES, ALVEOLAR; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0031873813     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004140050159     Document Type: Article

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