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Influence of blood thiosulfate produced by postmortem changes for the diagnosis of hydrogen sulfide poisoning in forensic autopsy Cover

Influence of blood thiosulfate produced by postmortem changes for the diagnosis of hydrogen sulfide poisoning in forensic autopsy

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|Dec 2024

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/abm-2024-0035 | Journal eISSN: 1875-855X | Journal ISSN: 1905-7415
Language: English
Page range: 281 - 286
Published on: Dec 16, 2024
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 6 issues per year

© 2024 Masaaki Suzuka, Shigeki Jin, Akiko Takeuchi, Manabu Murakami, Keiko Takahashi, Kotaro Matoba, published by Chulalongkorn University
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