Experimental water injection into lungs using an animal model: verification of the diatom concentration test to diagnose drowning - Kihara Y, Makino Y, Nakajima M, Tsuneya S, Tanaka A, Yamaguchi R, Torimitsu S, Hayama SI, Iwase H.

BACKGROUND: In forensic medicine, the diatom test is used to diagnose drowning. Drowning and postmortem immersion can be distinguished by calculating the ratio of diatom concentration in the lungs and drowning water (L/W ratio). However, this claim was bas...
Source: SafetyLit - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Drowning, Suffocation Source Type: news