Correlation of body mass index with thoracic and abdominal panniculus

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 427-430

  Hunter, Brian ^a   French, Diana ^a   Warner, John ^a   Remick, Daniel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b M2210 Med Sci I Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cause of death; Forensic science; Morbid obesity; Panniculus

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BODY MASS; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; FORENSIC SCIENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MORBID OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; THORAX;

EID: 0031918190     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs16162j     Document Type: Article

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