Concealed homicidal strangulation by burning

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 141-144

  Suárez Peñaranda, Jose M ^a,c   Munoz J I ^a   Lopez De Abajo B ^a   Vieira, D N ^b   Rico, R ^a   Alvarez, T ^a   Concheiro, L ^a  

^a Univ Inst Leg Med Santiago C   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE MEDICINA LEGAL E CIÊNCIAS FORENSES   (Portugal)

^c Facultad de Medicina   (Spain)

Author keywords

Burning concealment; Homicidal strangulation; Ligature

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BONE INJURY; BURN; CASE REPORT; DEATH; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; SOOT; STRANGULATION;

AGED; ASPHYXIA; BURNS; CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS;

EID: 0345517190     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000433-199906000-00007     Document Type: Article

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