Characteristics of sudden bath-related death investigated by medical examiners in Tokyo, Japan

Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 126-132

  Suzuki, Hideto ^a   Hikiji, Wakako ^a   Tanifuji, Takanobu ^a   Abe, Nobuyuki ^a   Fukunaga, Tatsushige ^a  

^a Tokyo Metropolitan Government 6 7 Midoricho   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bath related death; Forensic autopsy; Medical examiner; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AUTOPSY; BATH; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; CIRCULATION; CORONER; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DROWNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEASON; SUDDEN DEATH; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; AUTOPSY; BATHS; BLOOD CIRCULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORONERS AND MEDICAL EXAMINERS; DEATH, SUDDEN; DROWNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEASONS; TOKYO; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84923916801     PISSN: 09175040     EISSN: 13499092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2188/jea.JE20140068     Document Type: Article

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