Weight ratio of the lungs and pleural effusion to the spleen in the diagnosis of drowning

Legal Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 22-27

  Nishitani, Yoko ^a   Fujii, Kenichi ^a   Okazaki, Shunichiro ^a   Imabayashi, Kiyomi ^a   Matsumoto, Hiroshi ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Drowning; Lungs; Pleural effusion; Spleen

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; AUTOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROWNING; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HEART DEATH; HUMAN; LUNG WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; RELIABILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPLEEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASPHYXIA; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DROWNING; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANS AND SEAS; ORGAN SIZE; PLEURAL EFFUSION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPLEEN;

EID: 29144447352     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2005.08.001     Document Type: Article

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