Fire-related fatalities in Istanbul, Turkey: Analysis of 320 forensic autopsy cases

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 449-454

  Büyük, Yalçin ^a   Koçak, Uǧur ^a  

^a Council of Forensic Medicine of Turkey ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Burn; Cause of death; Fire; Vitality signs

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL DEATH; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BURN; CARBON MONOXIDE INTOXICATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATALITY; FEMALE; FIRE; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; SUICIDE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ACCIDENTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BURNS; CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING; CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN; CAUSE OF DEATH; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ESOPHAGUS; ETHANOL; FEMALE; FIRES; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; HYPEREMIA; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SKIN; SOOT; SUICIDE; TRACHEA; TURKEY; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349257305     PISSN: 1752928X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jflm.2009.05.005     Document Type: Article

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