New reference tables and user-friendly Internet application for predicted heart weights

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 615-620

  Vanhaebost, Jessica ^a   Faouzi, Mohamed ^b   Mangin, Patrice ^a   Michaud, Katarzyna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CENTER OF LEGAL MEDICINE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Heart weight; Reference table; Smartphone application

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HEART; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE PHONE; ORGAN SIZE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REFERENCE VALUE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWITZERLAND; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CELL PHONES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HEART; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SOFTWARE; SWITZERLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904394236     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: 14371596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-013-0958-9     Document Type: Article

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