Evaluation of L/D ratio in a water-related case for the differentiation between drowning and postmortem immersion

It is a difficult task to determine the cause of death for decomposed bodies found in water. Diatom test has been shown to provide supportive evidence for the diagnosis of drowning. According to our previous studies, the ratio of diatom content in lung tissue to diatom content in drowning medium (L/...

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Main Authors: Zhigang Li, Bo Wu, Xiao Cheng, Yunying Wu, Pingping Zhang, He Shi, Dongyun Zheng, Jianding Cheng, Chao Liu, Jian Zhao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-01-01
Series:Forensic Science International: Synergy
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589871X19300749