Sauna deaths in Sweden, 1992-2003

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 27-31

  Rodhe, Axel ^a   Eriksson, Anders ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Fatalities; Hyperthermia; Sauna

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BURN; CAUSE OF DEATH; DROWNING; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; RISK FACTOR; SAUNA; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMPHETAMINE-RELATED DISORDERS; ANOXIA; BURNS; CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DROWNING; ETHANOL; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIUM; ORGAN SIZE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STEAM BATH; STREET DRUGS; SWEDEN;

EID: 67650729524     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAF.0b013e318145ae05     Document Type: Article

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