Recovery of a mummified pregnant woman from a 55-gallon drum more than 30 years after her death

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 245-247

  Catanese, Gerard ^a   Bloom, Tamara ^a  

^a Department of Forensic Toxicology   (United States)

Author keywords

Head trauma; Mummification; Pregnancy; Steel drum

Indexed keywords

STEEL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CASE REPORT; COMMINUTED FRACTURE; DEATH; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; PALEOPATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SKULL FRACTURE;

ADULT; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFINED SPACES; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEMALE; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; MUMMIES; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; PREGNANCY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036733667     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000433-200209000-00007     Document Type: Article

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