Legal Medicine
Volume 12, Issue 4 , Pages 188-191 , July 2010

An autopsy case of suction injury

  • Yoko Ihama

      Affiliations

    • Department of Legal Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, 207 Uehara, Nishihara, Okinawa 903-0215, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81 98 895 1141; fax: +81 98 895 1413.
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  • Kenji Ninomiya

      Affiliations

    • Department of Legal Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, 207 Uehara, Nishihara, Okinawa 903-0215, Japan
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  • Masamichi Noguchi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Legal Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, 207 Uehara, Nishihara, Okinawa 903-0215, Japan
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  • Chiaki Fuke

      Affiliations

    • Department of Legal Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, 207 Uehara, Nishihara, Okinawa 903-0215, Japan
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  • Haruo Niki

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of the Ryukyus, 1 Senbaru, Nishihara, Okinawa 903-0213, Japan
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  • Takahiro Maehira

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of the Ryukyus, 1 Senbaru, Nishihara, Okinawa 903-0213, Japan
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  • Tetsuji Miyazaki

      Affiliations

    • Department of Legal Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, 207 Uehara, Nishihara, Okinawa 903-0215, Japan

Received 18 October 2009 ,Revised 16 March 2010 ,Accepted 17 March 2010.

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PII: S1344-6223(10)00038-6

doi: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2010.03.004

Legal Medicine
Volume 12, Issue 4 , Pages 188-191 , July 2010

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