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Quantifying the loss of pulmonary fluid from dissecting the lung at post-mortem

Sinead McCarthya Northern Forensic Pathology Service of New Zealand, Auckland, New Zealand
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Michael Duffya Northern Forensic Pathology Service of New Zealand, Auckland, New Zealand
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Jack Garlandb Forensic and Analytical Science Service, NSW Health Pathology, Sydney, Australia
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Benjamin Ondruschkac Institute of Legal Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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Ugo Da Broid Department of Medicine, Section of Forensic Medicine, University of Udine, Udine, Italy
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Simon Stablesa Northern Forensic Pathology Service of New Zealand, Auckland, New Zealand;e Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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Rexson Tsea Northern Forensic Pathology Service of New Zealand, Auckland, New Zealand;e Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New ZealandCorrespondence[email protected] [email protected]
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Pages 355-362 | Received 27 Jun 2021, Accepted 08 Sep 2021, Published online: 26 Sep 2021

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