A case of fatal salt water intoxication following an exorcism session

Forensic Science International

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-4

  Hédouin, Valéry ^a,b   Révuelta, Eric ^a,b   Bécart, Amme ^a,b   Tournel, Gilles ^a,b   Deveaux, Marc ^a,b   Gosset, Didier ^a,b  

^a LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MOSLEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; SCHOOL CHILD; WATER INTOXICATION;

EID: 0344177967     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-0738(98)00179-0     Document Type: Article

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