Forensic Science International
Volume 115, Issue 3 , Pages 183-188 , 15 January 2001

Post-mortem urinary myoglobin levels with reference to the causes of death

Received 28 March 2000 ,Revised 22 May 2000 ,Accepted 9 June 2000.

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☆ Presented in part at the 75th Annual Meeting of the German Society for Legal Medicine, Zurich, 1996 and the 15th Triennial Meeting of the International Association of Forensic Sciences, Los Angeles, 1999.

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Forensic Science International
Volume 115, Issue 3 , Pages 183-188 , 15 January 2001

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