Postmortem "delivery" in a pregnant fire victim

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 327-331

  Vennemann, Benedikt ^a   Bohnert, Michael ^a   Pollak, Stefan ^a   Große Perdekamp, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Car fire; Charred body; Heat; Postmortem "delivery"; Rear end collision; Uterus rupture

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; DELIVERY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; PERITONEAL CAVITY; POSTHUMOUS CARE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UTERUS RUPTURE;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; BURNS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FIRES; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; UTERINE RUPTURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 44949181656     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: 14371596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-008-0234-6     Document Type: Article

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