Tongue protrusion as an indicator of vital burning

dc.contributor.authorBernitz, Herman
dc.contributor.authorVan Staden, Paul Jacobus
dc.contributor.authorCronjé, Christine M.
dc.contributor.authorSutherland, Rene
dc.date.accessioned2015-08-13T06:24:01Z
dc.date.available2015-08-13T06:24:01Z
dc.date.issued2014-03
dc.description.abstractIn the forensic assessment of burned bodies, the question of whether the victim was exposed to the fire before of after death is of crucial importance. Several external signs have been used in the past to indicate heat exposure prior to the death of the victim but these did not include tongue protrusion. The internal signs of heat exposure are generally regarded as much more important than those observed externally. No one factor has been found to be totally reliable. This study found a statistically significant dependence between tongue protrusion and presence soot in the respiratory tract and stomach, the later being a good indicator of vital burning. The results of this study confirm that tongue protrusion can be used as an additional indicator of vital burning.en_ZA
dc.description.librarianhb2015en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://link.springer.com/journal/414en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationBernitz, H, Van Staden, PJ, Cronjé, CM & Sutherland, R 2014, 'Tongue protrusion as an indicator of vital burning', International Journal of Legal Medicine, vol. 128, no, 2, pp. 309-312.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0937-9827 (print)
dc.identifier.issn1437-1596 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.1007/s00414-013-0861-4
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/49268
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherSpringeren_ZA
dc.rights© Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013. The original publication is available at : http://link.springer.comjournal/414.en_ZA
dc.subjectForensic scienceen_ZA
dc.subjectForensic pathologyen_ZA
dc.subjectForensic odontologyen_ZA
dc.subjectVital burningen_ZA
dc.subjectTongue protrusionen_ZA
dc.titleTongue protrusion as an indicator of vital burningen_ZA
dc.typePostprint Articleen_ZA

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