Diatoms and homicide

Forensic Science International

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 29-34

  Pollanen, Michael S ^a  

^a Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diatom test; Diatoms; Drowning; Homicide

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BONE MARROW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIATOM; DROWNING; FEMALE; FEMUR; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HEAD INJURY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; MALE; MAXILLARY SINUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRANGULATION; THORAX INJURY;

EID: 0032498301     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-0738(97)00162-X     Document Type: Article

References (3)

1. Pollanen M.S., Cheung L., Chaisson D.A. The diagnostic value of the diatom test for drowning. I. Utility: a retrospective analysis of 771 cases of drowning in Ontario, Canada. J. Forensic Sci. 42(2):1997;281-285.
2. Pollanen M.S. The diagnostic value of the diatom test for drowning. II. Validity: analysis of diatoms in bone marrow and drowning medium. J. Forensic Sci. 42(2):1997;286-290.
3. Timperman J. Medico-legal problems in death by drowning: Its diagnosis by the diatom method. J. Forensic Med. 16(2):1969;45-75.