Forensic diagnosis of death from cold

Legal Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 204-209

  Mizukami, Hajime ^a   Shimizu, Keiko ^a   Shiono, Hiroshi ^a   Uezono, Takashi ^a   Sasaki, Masahiro ^a  

^a ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Decreasing of body temperature; Hypothermia; Oxygen saturation; Paradoxical undressing; Wishnewski' spots

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BODY TEMPERATURE; CORE TEMPERATURE; DEATH; DUODENUM BLEEDING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHERMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OXYGEN SATURATION; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0033493890     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1344-6223(99)80039-X     Document Type: Article

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