Place of pathology in the forensic diagnosis of drowning;Place de l'anatomie pathologique dans le diagnostic médico-lé gal d'une noyade

Annales de Pathologie

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 400-407

  Lorin De La Grandmaison, Geoffroy ^a   Paraire, François ^a  

^a RAYMOND POINCARÉ HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Diatoms; Drowning; Forensic pathology

Indexed keywords

AUTOPSY; BLOOD SAMPLING; BONE MARROW; BRAIN TISSUE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTAMINATION; DIATOM; DROWNING; EDEMA; EMPHYSEMA; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; LIVER; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MICROSCOPY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SAMPLING;

AUTOPSY; DROWNING; FORENSIC MEDICINE; FRANCE; HUMANS; LUNG; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 0347360436     PISSN: 02426498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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