Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
Volume 15, Issue 5 , Pages 339-342 , July 2008

Automobile door entrapment – A different form of vehicle-related crush asphyxia

  • Roger W. Byard

      Affiliations

    • Discipline of Pathology, Level 3 Medical School North Building, The University of Adelaide and Forensic Science SA, Frome Road, Adelaide 5005, South Australia, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +61 8 8303 5441; fax: +61 8 8303 4408.
    • ,
  • Noel W.F. Woodford

      Affiliations

    • Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine, Melbourne, Australia

Received 4 May 2007 ,Revised 3 August 2007 ,Accepted 27 August 2007.

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PII: S1752-928X(07)00137-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jflm.2007.08.005

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
Volume 15, Issue 5 , Pages 339-342 , July 2008

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