Evidence for an antemortem injury of a burned head dissected from a burned body

Forensic Science International

Volumn 94, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 9-14

  Iwase, Hirotaro ^a   Yamada, Yoshihiro ^b   Ootani, Susumu ^b   Sasaki, Yasuhito ^a   Nagao, Masataka ^a   Iwadate, Kimiharu ^a   Takatori, Takehiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KANAGAWA DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bone fracture; Case report; Magnetic resonance imaging; Vital reaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; AUTOPSY; BLOOD CLOT; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HEAT INJURY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; MASTOID; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL FRACTURE; TEMPORAL BONE;

EID: 0032496683     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-0738(98)00055-3     Document Type: Article

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