TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2002//
TI  - Diatoms in forensic expertise of drowning--a Macedonian experience
JO  - Forensic science international
A1  - Krstic, Svetislav
A1  - Duma, Aleksej
A1  - Janevska, Biljana
A1  - Levkov, Zlatko
A1  - Nikolova, Ksenija
A1  - Noveska, Marina
SP  - 198
EP  - 203
VL  - 127
IS  - 3
N2  - Results obtained by examination of 22 human cases suspected for drowning, one human case of death other than drowning and several tests on laboratory rats were used as a basis for evaluation of diatom method as supportive in forensic expertise of drowning. The recovery of diatoms from various examined organs, their qualitative and quantitative composition, if properly treated without the possibility of contamination, can be a reliable proof of the time and place of drowning. The priority of organ examination (external microflora determination, lungs, brain, heart (and/or blood), stomach, liver and kidney, and finally bone marrow) is discussed and established as well as the basic future research on cases suspected of drowning, but also on non-drowned victims and laboratory animals.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0379-0738
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -