A rare case of serial killing by poisoning

Drug Testing and Analysis

Volumn 5, Issue 9-10, 2013, Pages 725-729

  Vuori, Erkki ^a   Pelander, Anna ^a   Rasanen, Ilpo ^a   Juote, Mikko ^b   Ojanperä, Ilkka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b Violent Crime Unit   (Finland)

Author keywords

Drug; Exhumation; Homicide; Paraffin embedded tissue; Poisoning; Serial killer

Indexed keywords

CRIME; NURSING; PARAFFINS;

CAUSES OF DEATH; COURSE OF ACTION; DEATH INVESTIGATION; DRUG; EXHUMATION; HOMICIDE; OLDER PEOPLE; PARAFFIN-EMBEDDED TISSUE; POISONING; SERIAL KILLER;

TISSUE;

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CITALOPRAM; DIGOXIN; DIXYRAZINE; PARAFFIN; VENLAFAXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; AUTOPSY; CADAVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG SCREENING; EXHUMATION; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER; PRACTICAL NURSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICITY TESTING;

DRUG; EXHUMATION; HOMICIDE; PARAFFIN-EMBEDDED TISSUE; POISONING; SERIAL KILLER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOPSY; EXHUMATION; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; POISONING;

EID: 84886019914     PISSN: 19427603     EISSN: 19427611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dta.1480     Document Type: Article

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