An applied diagnosis of drowning by detection of the aquatic bacterium with the PCR method: A case report

Acta Criminologiae et Medicinae Legalis Japonica

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 49-53

  Aoyagi, Miwako ^a   Iwadate, Kimiharu ^a   Matsuyama, Nagahisa ^a   Nara, Akina ^a   Shimada, Ryo ^b   Ito, Yohko ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Moritex Corporation   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aquatic bacteria; Drowning; PCR

Indexed keywords

EID: 39749137509     PISSN: 03020029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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