Alligator attacks in southwest Florida

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 674-677

  Harding, Brett E ^a   Wolf, Barbara C ^a  

^a Office of the District 21 Medical Examiner   (United States)

Author keywords

Alligator attacks; Autopsy; Cause of death; Forensic pathology; Forensic science

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALLIGATOR; ALLIGATOR ATTACK; AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; BITE; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH; DROWNING; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MECHANISM OF DEATH; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; AMPUTATION, TRAUMATIC; ANIMALS; ARM INJURIES; BITES AND STINGS; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HUMANS; LEG INJURIES; MALE;

EID: 33646743367     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2006.00135.x     Document Type: Article

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