Assessment of the cause and mode of death of victims of a mass industrial accident in the Halemba coal mine

Forensic Science International Supplement Series

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 83-87

  Kobek, M ^a   Jankowski, Z ^b   Chowaniec, Cz ^a   Jablonski Ch ^a   Gaszczyk Ozarowski, Z ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Coal mining; Combustion of methane; Explosion of pulverised coal; Mass industrial accident

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN; METHANE;

ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAUSE OF DEATH; COAL MINING; COMBUSTION; EXPLOSION; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MINING ACCIDENT; POLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VICTIM;

EID: 71849105990     PISSN: 18751741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsisup.2009.08.004     Document Type: Article

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