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Forensic Pathology of Heat- and Cold-Related Injuries

  • Barry D. Lifschultz
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    Address reprint requests to Barry D. Lifschultz, MD, Office of the Medical Examiner of Cook County, 2121 West Harrison Street, Chicago, IL 60612
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    From the Office of the Medical Examiner of Cook County (BDL, ERD)

    The Department of Pathology, Northwestern University Medical School (BDL)

    The Department of Forensic Pathology, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago (BDL, ERD), Chicago, Illinois
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  • Edmund R. Donoghue
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    From the Office of the Medical Examiner of Cook County (BDL, ERD)

    The Department of Forensic Pathology, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago (BDL, ERD), Chicago, Illinois
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DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0272-2712(18)30180-X
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      The relatively constant temperature of the human body is maintained by both the thermoregulatory system and adaptive behavior. Heat produced by the body must equal heat lost or illness due to thermal stress will occur. Autopsy findings in heat-related and cold-related deaths frequently are not diagnostic. Determining that a death was temperature-related requires information about the environment, the death scene, and the victim's medical history.
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