Hypothermia fatalities in a temperate climate: Sydney, Australia

Pathology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 46-51

  Lim, Cathy ^a   Duflou, Johan ^b,c  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c Central Sydney Laboratory Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

Forensic pathology; Forensic science; Hypothermia

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUTOPSY; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLD CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORBIDITY; RISK FACTOR; STOMACH EROSION;

EID: 36448930082     PISSN: 00313025     EISSN: 14653931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00313020701716466     Document Type: Article

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