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  1. Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences, University Medical Centre Charité, University of Berlin, Turmstr. 21, Building N, 10559, Berlin, Germany

    Takahito Hayashi, Claas Buschmann, Andreas Correns, Sieglinde Herre & Michael Tsokos

  2. Department of Legal Medicine, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima University, 8-35-1 Sakuragaoka, Kagoshima, 890-8544, Japan

    Takahito Hayashi

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Hayashi, T., Buschmann, C., Correns, A. et al. Fatal positional asphyxia. Forensic Sci Med Pathol 8, 470–472 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12024-012-9345-y

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