Injuries due to Heat

Handbook of Forensic Medicine

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 451-467

  Madea, Burkhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Burns; Burnt bodies; Heat; Hyperthermal death; Injuries; Scalds

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939915741     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118570654.ch22     Document Type: Chapter

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