Deaths due to hunger strike: Post-mortem findings

Forensic Science International

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 35-38

  Altun, Gurcan ^a   Akansu, Bulent ^a   Ugur Altun, Betul ^a   Azmak, Derya ^a   Yilmaz, Ahmet ^a  

^a TRAKYA UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Hunger strike; Starvation; Thiamine; Vitamin deficiency

Indexed keywords

THIAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; AUTOPSY; CALORIE; CASE REPORT; COMPETENCE; DEATH; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; LIPID STORAGE; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SEPSIS; STARVATION; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT;

EID: 5644294348     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2004.03.022     Document Type: Article

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