A study among the population of Sevilla of death due to submersion.

Am J Forensic Med Pathol

Department of Legal Medicine and Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Cádiz, Spain.

Published: March 1997

Death due to submersion is of great interest from the medical-legal point of view, given the increase in nautical activity among children and adults alike over the past number of years. However, the lack of reliable statistical data concerning the impact of this specific form of death in our country must be emphasized. These are the circumstances that have led us to study the incidence of this form of death in a specific area. The population analyzed lived in the city of Sevilla during the period 1967-1993.

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