Three subsequent infanticides covered up as SIDS

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 31-34

  Bohnert, M ^a   Grosse Perdekamp M ^a   Pollak, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asphyxia; Infanticide; SIDS; Smothering

Indexed keywords

PLASTIC;

ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; AUTOPSY; BLEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; FATHER; FEMALE; FILM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; INFANTICIDE; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; MALE; MOUTH; NOSE; POLICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME;

ADULT; ASPHYXIA; DECEPTION; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANTICIDE; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH;

EID: 12444263296     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-004-0458-z     Document Type: Article

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