TY - JOUR PY - 1994// TI - Diatoms and drowning--a cautionary case note JO - Medicine, science, and the law A1 - Taylor, J. J. SP - 78 EP - 79 VL - 34 IS - 1 N2 - A case is described in which, due to long-term repeated exposure to the same body of diatom-containing water, comparable diatom findings in the tissues and environmental samples were not acceptable as proof of drowning. A commonly overlooked pitfall limiting the value of acid-digestion in marine cases is emphasized.

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