Exhumation examination to confirm suspicion of fatal lead poisoning

Forensic Science International

Volumn 158, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 219-223

  Lech, Teresa ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC RESEARCH   (Poland)

Author keywords

Exhumation; Fatal poisoning; Lead; Tissue concentrations

Indexed keywords

LEAD OXIDE;

ACUTE INTERMITTENT PORPHYRIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BONE TISSUE; CASE REPORT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONGENITAL ERYTHROPOIETIC PORPHYRIA; EXHUMATION; FEMUR; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; LEAD POISONING; LIVER; MALE; NAIL; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALP HAIR; URINALYSIS; VERTEBRA;

EID: 33645093963     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2005.05.021     Document Type: Article

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