Post-mortems in recreational scuba diver deaths: The utility of radiology

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 273-276

  Wheen, Lyndsae Clair ^a   Williams, Michael Philip ^a  

^a DERRIFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Diving; Radiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN ARTERY; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIVING; GAS EMBOLISM; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR SPACE; LUNG BAROTRAUMA; MALE; PNEUMOTHORAX; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RECREATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERIES; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIVING; DROWNING; EMBOLISM, AIR; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HEART; HUMANS; HYPOXIA-ISCHEMIA, BRAIN; LUNG; MALE; MYOCARDIUM; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PNEUMOTHORAX; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; VEINS;

EID: 67349177157     PISSN: 1752928X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jflm.2008.12.011     Document Type: Article

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