Death of a toddler due to ingestion of sulfuric acid at a clandestine home methamphetamine laboratory

Forensic Science, Medicine, and Pathology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 298-301

  Burge, Meredith ^a   Hunsaker III, John C ^a,b   Davis, Gregory J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b Central Laboratory Facility   (United States)

Author keywords

Accident; Autopsy clandestine; Child abuse; Corrosive burns; Forensic science; Methamphetamine laboratory; Sulfuric acid injury

Indexed keywords

METHAMPHETAMINE; STREET DRUG; SULFURIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMICAL BURN; FATALITY; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HOME ACCIDENT; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PATHOLOGY;

ACCIDENTS, HOME; BURNS, CHEMICAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; METHAMPHETAMINE; STREET DRUGS; SULFURIC ACIDS;

EID: 77950342312     PISSN: 1547769X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12024-009-9127-3     Document Type: Article

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