DIATOMS AND DROWNING - A CAUTIONARY CASE NOTE

Authors
TAYLOR JJ
Citation
Jj. Taylor, DIATOMS AND DROWNING - A CAUTIONARY CASE NOTE, Medicine, Science and the Law, 34(1), 1994, pp. 78-79
Citations number
1
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, Legal",Law,Pathology
Journal title
Medicine, Science and the Law → ACNP
ISSN journal
00258024
Volume
34
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
78 - 79
Database
ISI
SICI code
0025-8024(1994)34:1<78:DAD-AC>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
A case is described in which, due to long-term repeated exposure to th e same body of diatom-containing water, comparable diatom findings in the tissues and environmental samples were not acceptable as proof of drowning. A commonly overlooked pitfall limiting the value of acid-dig estion in marine cases is emphasized.