Legal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) 11 Suppl 1 S350-3 2009年4月 [査読有り]
We measured bacterioplankton in blood from cadavers retrieved from the sea (n=12), near estuaries (n=4), rivers (fresh water, n=8) and from bathtubs (n=4) as well as from non-drowned victims (n=10) discovered near aquatic environments. Blood from ...
Legal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) 11 Suppl 1 S535-7 2009年4月 [査読有り]
A 34-year-old man was discovered by his coworkers in a tank filled with 35% (w/w) hydrochloric acid. Despite undergoing intensive treatment, he died one and a half days later. An autopsy revealed generalized high tensity, overall grayish brown ski...
Legal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) 11(2) 91-6 2009年3月 [査読有り]
We detected numerous bioluminescent bacteria in blood samples from two cadavers that had been immersed in estuarine environments. Autopsy, diatomaceous and toxicological findings indicated death by drowning, which agreed with environmental aspects...
Forensic science international 176(2-3) 236-47 2008年4月 [査読有り]
To investigate the effectiveness of marine bacteria as a new marker of drowning in seawater, we determined the optimal conditions of media required to selectively detect marine bacteria and applied the technique to drowned cadavers. We incubated m...