Yu E Kvacheva, A V Kovalev, Yu P Gribunov, I N Shestakova
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Abstract
A rare clinical observation of death from prolonged uneven external irradiation due to the deliberate use of an ionizing radiation source for illegal purposes has been presented. The main difficulties of postmortem diagnosis of this type of radiation-induced injury, considering the features of histological examinations and special methods of retrospective dosimetric evaluations, have been identified.
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The journal is concerned with the theory and practice of forensic medicine - the problems of thanatology, traumatology, toxicology, serology, forensic obstetrics, forensic dentistry, forensic psychiatry, forensic chemistry, physicotechnical methods of investigation, history of forensic medicine and some problems of criminology and legal laws related to forensic medicine. It publishes original studies by Russian authors, casuistry surveys, abstracts and reviews of Russian and foreign literature, scientific information, reports on scientific conferences.