The mummified corpse in a domestic setting

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 307-310

  Campobasso, Carlo P ^a   Falamingo, Rosa ^b   Grattagliano, Ignazio ^b   Vinci, Francesco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Elderly people; Forensic entomology; Mummification; Postmortem changes; Social isolation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DECOMPOSITION; DEHYDRATION; FAMILY COUNSELING; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HOUSING; HUMANS; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; MUMMIES; PERICARDIUM; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STOMACH;

EID: 69549108290     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAF.0b013e318187df4b     Document Type: Article

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