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  1. Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences, University Medical Centre Charité, University of Berlin, Turmstr. 21, Building L, 10559, Berlin, Germany

    C. Buschmann & M. Tsokos

  2. Department of Forensic Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Butenfeld 34, 22529, Hamburg, Germany

    F. Schulz

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Buschmann, C., Schulz, F. & Tsokos, M. Fatal aspiration of barium sulfate. Forensic Sci Med Pathol 7, 63–64 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12024-010-9180-y

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