Presence of periorbital and conjunctival petechial hemorrhages in accidental pediatric drowning

Forensic Science International

Volumn 175, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 198-201

  Somers, Gino R ^a,b   Chiasson, David A ^a,b   Taylor, Glenn P ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conjunctiva; Drowning; Pathology; Pediatric; Petechiae

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CHILD; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROWNING; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MALE; ORBIT; PATHOLOGIST; PETECHIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VICTIM;

EID: 38849135500     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2007.07.007     Document Type: Article

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