Postmortem CT compared to autopsy in children; concordance in a forensic setting

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 128, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 957-965

  Sieswerda Hoogendoorn, Tessa ^a   Soerdjbalie Maikoe, Vidija ^a   de Bakker, Henri ^a   van Rijn, Rick R ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS FORENSIC INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Cause of Death; Comparative Study; Forensic Sciences; Tomography; X Ray Computed

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; RADIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOLOGY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84897122807     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: 14371596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-014-0964-6     Document Type: Article

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