Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
Volume 17, Issue 3 , Pages 164-168 , April 2010

Radiopaque stomach contents in postmortem CT in suicidal oral medication intoxication: Report of three cases

  • Emin Aghayev, MD (Research Assistant)

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Forensic Medicine, University of Bern, Buehlstrasse 20, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
    • Institute for Evaluative Research in Medicine, University of Bern, Stauffacherstrasse 78, CH-3014 Bern, Switzerland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Institute for Evaluative Research in Medicine, University of Bern, Stauffacherstrasse 78, CH-3014 Bern, Switzerland. Tel.: +41 31 631 59 40; fax: +41 31 631 59 31.
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  • Christian Jackowski, MD (Research Assistant)

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Forensic Medicine, University of Bern, Buehlstrasse 20, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
    • ,
  • Andreas Christe, MD (Radiologist)

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Forensic Medicine, University of Bern, Buehlstrasse 20, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
    • Institute for Diagnostic Radiology, University Hospital of Bern, Inselspital, CH-3010 Bern, Switzerland
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  • Michael Thali, MD (Chief)

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Forensic Medicine, University of Bern, Buehlstrasse 20, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland

Received 12 February 2008 ,Revised 16 August 2009 ,Accepted 29 October 2009.

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PII: S1752-928X(09)00175-9

doi: 10.1016/j.jflm.2009.10.001

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
Volume 17, Issue 3 , Pages 164-168 , April 2010

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