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Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology
Published in: Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology 3/2013

01-09-2013 | Images in Forensics

Choking on a grape: an unusual type of upper airway obstruction

Authors: Slobodan Nikolić, Vladimir Živković

Published in: Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology | Issue 3/2013

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Bradwell, a London doctor, stated in 1663 “Of things that endanger stopping of the breath in swallowing, some are sharp, and some blunt… I have heard of a child in Woodstreet strangled with a grape.” [1, 2] …
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Metadata
Title
Choking on a grape: an unusual type of upper airway obstruction
Authors
Slobodan Nikolić
Vladimir Živković
Publication date
01-09-2013
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology / Issue 3/2013
Print ISSN: 1547-769X
Electronic ISSN: 1556-2891
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12024-013-9435-5

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