Interpretation of accelerants in blood of cadavers found in the wreckage after fire

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 80-86

  Iwasaki, Yasumasa ^a   Yashiki, Mikio ^a   Kojima, Tohru ^a   Miyazaki, Tetsuji ^b  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Accelerants; Cadavers found in wreckage after fire; COHb; Soot

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN; GASOLINE; HYDROCARBON; KEROSENE; PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE; PROPANE; THINNER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CADAVER; CHILD; FEMALE; FIRE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SOOT; VICTIM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BURNS; BURNS, CHEMICAL; CADAVER; CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; FEMALE; FIRES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PETROLEUM; POSTMORTEM CHANGES;

EID: 0031893029     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000433-199803000-00016     Document Type: Article

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