Postmortem changes mistaken for traumatic lesions: A highly prevalent reason for coroner's autopsy request

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 145-147

  Sauvageau, Anny ^a   Racette, Stéphanie ^a  

^a Laboratoire de Sciences Judiciaires et de Medecine Legale   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Forensic; Postmortem artifact

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; AUTOPSY; BLOATING; CADAVER; CORONER; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATHOLOGIST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN; CANADA; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; PATHOLOGY;

ARTIFACTS; AUTOPSY; CANADA; CORONERS AND MEDICAL EXAMINERS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMANS; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 45149097892     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAF.0b013e318174f0d0     Document Type: Article

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