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Peculiar and Unusual Drowning in Waste Oil from Motor Vehicles: Case Report

Elvira Ventura SpagnoloLuigi CardiaGiulio CardiaCristina Mondello

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HistoryDrowningOperations research030231 tropical medicineWaste oilsocial sciencesmedicine.disease03 medical and health sciencesAsphyxia0302 clinical medicineHomicideAccidentalmedicinepopulation characteristics030216 legal & forensic medicineMedical emergencyhuman activitiesAccidental deathgeographic locationshealth care economics and organizationsWaste motor oil

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Drowning is one of the most frequent causes of accidental or suicidal death, and more rarely it is associated with a homicide. Cases of drowning in water or in the sea are common. The authors report an unusual and peculiar case of drowning, that of a woman who accidentally fell inside a collection tank of waste oil of motor vehicles.

10.4172/2157-7145.1000335http://hdl.handle.net/10447/281960